Lincoln Island is a wooded island in Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal is an inlet into the mainland of southeast Alaska.Lynn Canal runs about from the inlets of the Chilkat River south to Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage...

 in Alaska

Alaska

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, United States

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. Located at 58°29′41"N 134°59′40"W, the island is northwest of Shelter Island

Shelter Island (Alaska)

Shelter Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago, southeast of Lincoln Island and northwest of Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.. It trends northwest between Favorite and Saginaw Channels. It was named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, USN...

 and southeast of Ralston Island

Ralston Island

Ralston Island is a small island in the Alexander Archipelago, northwest of Lincoln Island and northwest of Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.. It was named in 1868 by Commander R. W. Meade, USN, for W. C. Ralston; the name was published by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the 1883 Coast Pilot...

. It is part of the Juneau City and Borough. The first Europe

Europe

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an to sight the island was Joseph Whidbey

Joseph Whidbey

Joseph Whidbey was a member of the Royal Navy who served on the Vancouver Expedition 1791–1795, and later achieved renown as a naval engineer. He is notable for having been the first European to discover and chart Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in 1794.Little is recorded of...

, master of the HMS Discovery

HMS Discovery (1789)

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 during George Vancouver

George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver RN was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon...

's 1791-95 expedition

Vancouver Expedition

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, in 1794. It was named in 1868 by Commander R. W. Meade, USN

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, presumably for Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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