Description
Ralston Island is located in Lynn Canal, 0.2 mi. N of Lincoln I. and 27 mi. NW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.
History
Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1868 for W. C. Ralston; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 194).