Lulu Island was named in 1862 by Richard Moody, after Lulu Sweet, a popular showgirl,[REF] possibly of Kanaka (Hawaiian) origin,[REF] 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.