Burial Islet

From Genoa Bay Road we walked to the shore of Sansum Narrows. We trespassed across farm land. From the shore we saw Burial Islet and Salt Spring Island.

"Burial Island (48° 46′ 00″ N – 123° 34′ 00″ W) is officially known as Burial Islet. The British Admiralty Charts from 1859 on called it this so you can bet on who named it. Canada adopted this as the official name in 1946. First Nations tradition has that in the smallpox plague in the 1800′s so many died they could not bury them, so their bodies were taken and left on the island."