Fillmore Island

Fillmore Island is an island in Southeast Alaska, U.S.A. The island lies between Fillmore Inlet and Pearse Canal.[1] The island was charted by George Vancouver in 1793, who sailed around it and proved its insular nature.[2] It was named in 1885 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey after Ensign John Hudson Fillmore, USN.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fillmore Island
  2. ^ Vancouver, George, and John Vancouver (1801). A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world. London: J. Stockdale. http://books.google.com/books?id=qwol8bPaYxsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.