Alaska Gazetteer
Lowrie Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Lowrie Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 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.""" |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.8594436646 |
| Longitude: | -133.538894653 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Lowrie Island: Lowrie Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Lowrie Island does not include property ownership information.
