Description
Extends in Tlevak Strait off NW coast of Sukkwan Islands, Alexander Archipelago.
History
Named in 1882 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "for Reverend W. H. R. Corlies of Philadelphia, a missionary who began work in Alaska in 1879." The northern island was called "Rankin" and the southern "Young" by Jackson (1880, p. 376).