History of Sullivan Island

Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869 for the master of the American Schooner Louisa Downs, which was wrecked on the island in 1867. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 196). The Tlingit Indian name for this island is "Schikuk" (Krause, 1885, p. 253).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Sullivan Island

Chilkat Islands,

Jenkins Rock, Sherman Rock,

Chilkat Inlet, Kalhagu Cove, Letnikof Cove, Mud Bay, Paradise Cove, Pyramid Harbor, Rescue Harbor,

Anchorage Point, Chilkat Peninsula, Glacier Point, Green Point, Lehunua Point, Seduction Point, Point Sherman,

Louie Nelson Homestead Dam,

Davidson Glacier, Rainbow Glacier,

Anyaka Island, Dalasuga Island, Eldred Rock, Kataguni Island, Kochu Island, Lehunua Island, Shikosi Island, Sullivan Island, Sullivan Rock, Talsani Island,

Independence Lake, Rustabach Lake, Rutzebeck Lake,

Mount Riley, Sinclair Mountain, Sullivan Mountain,

Chilkat Islands State Marine Park,

Devils Fist, Outkaste Picket, Rockfall Tower, Rotting Death Spire, Satans Mistress, Selby, Termination Peak, The Trickster, Twin,

Endicott River, Glacier River,

Ludaseska Creek, Ophir Creek, Sherman Creek, Sweeny Creek, Yeldagalga Creek,

Nahku Portage, Seduction Point Trail,

Mud Bay,