Description
Middleton Island is located in Gulf of Alaska, 80 mi. SW of Cordova; Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History
named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, RN, "probably after Sir Charles Middleton, a rear admiral and comptroller of the navy. named it 'Hijosa." but soon changed this to 'Galiano'" (Wagner, 1937, p. 397-398). The Eskimo name "Achakoo" was published for this island by Bancroft (1886, p. 268); Captain Tevenkov (1852, map 6), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it "Ostrov Ochek" or "Ochek Island," probably from "ochekanit," meaning "to chisel (or carve) round," because of its shape.