On vacation in 1920, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and his wife were driving past Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island BC and spotted this little island. Mrs Vanderbilt admired it so much that Cornelius Jr. bought it on the spot. The family would go on to use it for summer vacations and Cornelius Jr. would write stories to the New York Times about life in the wild.
I'm almost certain this is Cornelius and his dog in boat. ~ d
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