One of Vancouver's first white settlers, John Morton, visited the island in 1862. Morton discovered hundreds of red cedar boxes lashed to the upper boughs of trees and one had evidently fallen and broken to reveal a jumble of bones and a tassel of black hair. The island was the tree-burial grounds of the Squamish people.
In 1862, John Morton, one of Vancouver's earliest white settlers, discovered hundreds of red cedar boxes attached to trees on an island. One box had fallen, revealing human remains and a black hair tassel. The island was used as a burial ground by the Squamish people.