Description
Walter Island is located in Port Houghton, 1 mi. NW of Sandborn Canal and 83 mi. E. of Sitka, Coast Mts.
History
Named in 1882 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p.128).