Plaque, Armdale Yacht Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia The land was officially named Melville Island in late 1804 or early 1805 in honour of prominent
abolitionist Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville (who at the time had just been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty). Sir Admiral
John Borlase Warren and Captain John MacKellar erected the officers’ quarters, the current Club House, in 1808 when he was commander-in-chief on the
North American Station from 1807 to 1810. Author of the
Last of the Mohicans,
James Fenimore Cooper, briefly used Melville Island as the setting for his book Ned Myers: Life Before the Mast (1843). Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg|Melville Island namesake, abolitionist Henry Dundas,
1st Viscount Melville (1804) John Borlase Warren (John Opie).jpg|Builder of Club House Sir Admiral
John Borlase Warren (1808) Plaque2ArmdaleYachtClub,Halifax,NovaScotia copy.jpg|Plaque to Club House builder
John Borlase Warren (1808) and Captain John MacKellar, mounted on Club House 1855-Melville Island.jpg|Club House on Hill (1855) Burgee of armdaleyc.png|Burgee of Armdale Yacht Club ==Partnerships==