Coquette Island
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Coquette Island, now known as Dead Man’s Island, is a small, historically renamed island whose current name reflects a darker or more ominous chapter in its past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coquette Island canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | island ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Melville Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwest Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialOf |
American prisoners of war
ⓘ
Black Refugees ⓘ British military personnel ⓘ French prisoners of war ⓘ Royal Navy seamen ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 44.640°N 63.585°W ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| distanceToShore | approximately 150 metres ⓘ |
| formerName | Coquette Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Halifax Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | boat only ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dead Man Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deadman’s Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 1.5 hectares ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | protected municipal park ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepiction |
subject of commemorative ceremonies
ⓘ
subject of local historical research ⓘ |
| hasCurrentName | Dead Man’s Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | municipal heritage site ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
War of 1812 memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
memorial to prisoners of war ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
commemoration of war dead
ⓘ
military history of Halifax ⓘ |
| hasTopographicFeature |
low wooded terrain
ⓘ
rocky shoreline ⓘ |
| hasUse |
cemetery site
ⓘ
military burial ground ⓘ |
| hasVegetation | mixed coastal forest ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationBy | Halifax Regional Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
Melville Island military prison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Halifax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Halifax Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Atlantic Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Halifax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | designation as heritage site in 2000s ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Halifax Regional Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mi’kma’ki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial of military personnel
ⓘ
burial of prisoners of war ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.