This island was built in August, 1930 when Wascana Lake was deepened by hand. 2,107 unemployed men were given work using hand shovels and dump wagons to move 120,000 cubic yards of earth. This earth from the lake bed was piled to create Willow and Spruce Islands. The islands were reinforced with fieldstones." Built from the dirt scraped from the lake bed" during deepening in the 1930's.
Originally used by  the Regina Boat Club which was disbanded in 1962. The newly established  Wascana Centre decided to make the island available to the public for group picnics."
As part of the 2003/2004 Wascana Lake deepening project, the island's footprint changed with the addition of more land to the northwest shoreline. An ideal location for fireworks setup.

2005

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