Description
At mouth of Controller Bay 11 mi. SE of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History
Named on June 13, 1774, by Peter Pugest, RN, a member of Vancouver's expedition (Wagner, 1937, p. 422). It was called "Mitchells Island" in 1788 by Captain John Meares, RN. The Eskimo name was published as "Os(trov) Shiganik" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 6), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). On July 16, 1791 it was called "Isla Dudosa" which he thought might be connected to Kayak Island and hence a peninsula, by Captain Alessandro Malaspina (Wagner, 1937, p. 449).