Information About

Lowrie Island

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 51' 33.998" N,
133 ° 32' 20" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Craig

Lowrie Island in Detail.

About

in Pacific Ocean, 1.2 mi. N of Forrester I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1879 by Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for "Captain Lowrie, of the (vessel) ***Captain Cook, in 1786, who was perhaps the first English-speaking navigator to visit the Queen Charlotte Islands, and possibly the first who saw this island."