Bluck's Island

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Bluck's Island

Islands in the Great Sound
(Bermuda)

Location

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Location: 32°17’11"N, 64°48’36"W
Highest point: 30 feet
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Bluck's Island (formerly Denslow's Island, Dyer's Island) is an island of Bermuda. It lies in the Great Sound and in the mouth of Hamilton's harbour. It is within Warwick Parish.

Previously known as Dyer's Island, this island was once owned by the Dyer family in the 19th century. Originally it was owned by Henry Thomas Dyer, son of Patrick O'Dwyer.

In the early 20th century the island was owned by illustrator William Wallace Denslow, who made his fortune illustrating L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Denslow built a house on the island and declared himself "King Denslow I, Monarch of Denslow Islands and Protector of Coral Reefs".[1][2]

Between 1917 and 1919, the island hosted the Bermuda Biological Station for Research; this was transferred for the period from Agar's Island, which had been requisitioned for military purposes.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rasmussen, R. Kent (1995). Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. Facts on File. p. 666. ISBN 9781438108520. https://books.google.com/books?id=VYsavOLN8HQC&pg=PA666. Retrieved 2016-12-03. 
  2. ↑ ""Oz" Artist Denslow: The Who Would Be King". bernews.com. March 9, 2013. http://bernews.com/2013/03/the-oz-artist-who-would-be-king-in-bermuda/. Retrieved 2016-12-03. 
  3. ↑ Edwin Grant Conklin (June 1931). "The New Bermuda Biological Station for Research". The Scientific Monthly: 481. 
Islands of Bermuda

Agar's • Banjo (Bartram's) • Bartlett's • Bay • Bethell's • Bird • Bluck's • Boaz • Brooks • Buck • Burnt • Burt (Warwick) • Burt's (St George's) • Castle • Cat • Cave • Charles • Cobbler's • Cooper • Crawl • Cross • Crow • Current • Daniel • Darrell • Denslows • Doctor's • Dyer • Elizabeth • Fern • Five Star • Gallows • Gibbet • Goat (Pembroke) • Goat (St George's) • Godet (Paget) • Godet's (Warwick) • Goose • Governor's • Grace • Grasbury's • Great Bermuda • Great Oswego • The Greek Letter Islands (αβγδεζηθικλω) • Haggis • Hairbrush • Hall • Hamilton Island • Hawkins • Hen • Higgs' • Hinson (Paget) • Hinson's (Soton) • Horseshoe • Hospital • Huntz (Soton) • Hunts (Warwick) • Idol • Inner • Inner Pear • Ireland • Irresistible • Kerosene • Lefroy • Little Oswego • Little Rogue's • Long Bird • Long (Hamilton) • Long (St George's) • Long (Warwick) • Magazine • Main • Malabar • Marshall • Middle • Moresby's • Morgan's • Mount • Mouse • Nelly • No Name • Nonsuch • Old Castle • One Tree • Ordnance • Outer • Paget • Palm • Partridge • Peggy's • Perot • Ports • Rabbit • Regatta • Reid • Rickett's • Riddell's • Rogue • Rushy • St David's • St George's • St Michael's • Saltus • Smith's • Somerset • Spanish • Spectacle (Paget) • Spectacle (Soton) • Spectacle (Warwick) • Swan • Tilley • Trunk • Turtle • Verrill • Watford • Watling • Westcott • Whale • Whalers • White • White • Wilson

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