th ▁century ▁and ▁disappeared ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 th ▁century . ▁It ▁could ▁also ▁simply ▁be ▁a ▁translation ▁from ▁First ▁Nations ▁people ▁who ▁often ▁avoided ▁areas ▁where ▁a ▁person ▁had ▁died ▁bel ieving ▁it ▁was ▁ha unted ▁by ▁spirits . ▁This ▁results ▁in ▁many ▁Islands ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁reference . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁island ▁was ▁populated ▁by ▁dem ons ▁and ▁wild ▁be asts ▁which ▁would ▁tor ment ▁and ▁attack ▁any ▁ships ▁that ▁passed ▁or ▁anyone ▁that ▁was ▁fool ish ▁enough ▁to ▁w ander ▁onto ▁the ▁island . ▁A ▁French ▁noble w oman , ▁Mar guer ite ▁de ▁La ▁Roc que , ▁was ▁mar oon ed ▁on ▁an ▁island ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 6 th ▁century , ▁alleg edly ▁because ▁of ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁on ▁her ▁ship . ▁This ▁island ▁is ▁a ▁possible ▁site ▁of ▁their ▁abandon ment , ▁and ▁residents ▁and ▁visitors ▁have ▁claimed ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁couple . ▁Ac ross ▁the ▁centuries , ▁many ▁histor ians , ▁novel ists , ▁po ets ▁and ▁sing ers ▁have ▁ret old ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Mar guer ite ▁abandoned ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁now ▁that ▁the ▁Island ▁of ▁the ▁Mar oon ing ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁Harr ington ▁Har bour , ▁Quebec . ▁ ▁The ▁Is le ▁of ▁Dem ons ▁first ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 8 ▁map ▁of ▁Johannes ▁R uy sch . ▁It ▁may ▁simply ▁be ▁a ▁re located ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁legend ary ▁island ▁of ▁Sat an az es