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Sullivan Island
Sullivan Island
is an island in
Lynn Canal
, southwest of Chilkat Island,
Southeast Alaska
,
United States
. It was named in 1869 by Commander R.W. Meade,
USN
, for the master of the
schooner
Louisa Downs
, which had wrecked on the island in 1867. The Tlingit name for the island is "Schikuk". The first
European
to discover and chart the island was
Joseph Whidbey
, master of the
HMS Discovery
during
George Vancouver
's
1791-95 expedition
, in 1794.
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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Sullivan's Island
is a town and island in
Charleston County
,
South Carolina
, United States, at the entrance to
Charleston Harbor
, with a population of 1,791 at the
2010 census
. The town is part of the
Charleston metropolitan area
.
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