Description
Lowrie Island is located in Pacific Ocean, 1.2 mi. N of Forrester I., Alex. Arch.
History
Named in 1879 by Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for "Captain Lowrie, of the (vessel) ***Captain Cook, in 1786, who was perhaps the first English-speaking navigator to visit the Queen Charlotte Islands, and possibly the first who saw this island."