Betty Lowman Carey (July 31, 1914 – March 16, 2011[1]) became the first woman to singlehandedly row the Inside Passage of British Columbia in 1937.
In 1931 the United States Coast Guard found the canoe floating in the vicinity of the San Juan Islands, Washington.
Four years later she departed with a friend on June 15, 1937, from the north beach on Guemes Island, Washington, against her father's wishes, and arrived solo in Ketchikan on August 19, after 66 days.
While a lost Amelia Earhart garnered international coverage during the same weeks, the "co-ed canoeist" generated significant media attention along the British Columbia coast.
She died at age 96 on March 16, 2011, in Queen Charlotte City, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.