During the war of 1812 the British maintained a prison on Melville Island, now part of the Armdale Yacht Club. Prisoners who died, and there were many, with pneumonia being prominent, were interred at Deadman’s Island.
Neither of these “islands” are actually islands, but rather small peninsulas, but the terminology isn’t really important.
What is, is that 195 American prisoners of war, plus many more French and Spanish are buried here.
After the war, the land was sold and turned into, of all things, an amusement park! Unfortunately, economic downturn around World War 1 led to this endeavour shutting down in the 1920s.
Further attempts to recreate the park met with failure as storms and development unearthed human remains.
In 1960, the city annexed the peninsula, and attempted several times to create developments upon it, but these were met with stiff opposition from local residents. The land remained undeveloped until the current park was opened in 2000.
A plaque honouring the 195 dead Americans was installed in 2005, with a dedication ceremony attended by an honour guard from the USS Constitution.
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