| has gloss | eng: MacDonald Island is part of Princess Louisa Inlet between the entrance of the inlet at Malibu Rapids to the head of the inlet at Chatterbox Falls. It is a popular mooring place for it is one of the only shallow places of the deep forjd. The island was originally named after the man who built a cabin at Chatterbox Falls - James F. MacDonalld. In 1940 the Island was renamed Hamilton Island after, Thomas F. Hamilton who built the Malibu Club and purchased the land from MacDonald for $18,000. It 1972, again the land's name revired back to the orgnaial name of MacDonad Island which is currently was re-named |