My 10 November post shows that "Menzies Island" was never the official name or earlier name of Sheridan Hill as suggested by a journalist in 1961, but that the name came from Hal Menzies, who owned land there.
Donald E. Waite let me know that the name Menzies Island did not refer to Hal Menzies but to Hal's father, William Henry Menzies, who worked for the CPR and came out from Ontario to New Westminster in 1890. William Henry Menzies moved to Haney in 1893 and settled at the north end of McKenney Creek (where it empties into the Alouette River) in 1898 before moving to Sheridan Hill in 1900.
I am correcting the 10 November post accordingly. Thanks Don!
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