Lulu Island

Lulu

Richmond, British Columbia is on Lulu Island, the larger of the two red islands
Lulu Lulu Island (British Columbia, Canada)
Geography
Location	Fraser River
Coordinates	49°10′05″N 123°04′50″W / 49.16806°N 123.08056°W / 49.16806; -123.08056
Administration
Canada
Province	British Columbia
City	City of Richmond
City	New Westminster (Queensborough neighbourhood)
Demographics
Population	168,162
Additional information
size 122.4 square km

Lulu Island is the name of the largest island in the estuary of the Fraser River, located south of Vancouver, British Columbia. The island comprises most the city of City of Richmond, while a small section at the eastern tip, known as Queensborough, is part of the City of New Westminster.

Lulu Island is situated between the two principal arms of the Fraser River estuary across and downstream from the City of New Westminster. The Middle Arm of the Fraser River separates it on the northwest from Sea Island, the site of Vancouver International Airport, which, despite its name, is also part of the City of Richmond. At the western edge of the island lies Sturgeon Bank, a large sandbank which falls off into the Strait of Georgia on its western edge.

Lulu Island was named in 1862 by Richard Moody, after Lulu Sweet, a popular showgirl, possibly of Kanaka (Hawaiian) origin, who had bought property there.

The island enjoyed good connections to the new port city of Vancouver thanks to the Lulu Island & Steveston Railway line of the British Columbia Electric Railway, which began at what is today the north end of the Granville Street Bridge. The route of the Lulu Island Railway is today the so-called Arbutus Corridor, which runs west through Kitsilano before turning south to Kerrisdale and Marpole before crossing the North Arm of the Fraser to reach Lulu Island and the City of Richmond.