Granville Island is a forty-acre man made island created in 1917. For fifty years it housed heavy industry. During the depression, hundreds of families lived on Granville Island, then known as "Mud Island". The shantytown settlement was called "Bennettville" after the former Prime Minister of Canada, Richard B. Bennett. Families on the island operated small boats or sold salmon or buckets of smelt door to door to survive. They were basically self-sufficient and were left alone by city officials until 1949 when seven hundred people were given eviction notices. Most families eventually moved off the island by the late 1950's. The Granville Island Museums run along Broker's Bay, once referred to as "Rat Portage". This was one of two entrances to the island during the
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Granville Island Museums
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The St. Joseph Museums INC
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North Carolina Museums Council Inc
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