West Island
A photo of multiple strange-shaped islands covered in farmland. West Island isn't, though -- it's covered in vegetation.
West Island is the long, thin island in the bottom left of this photo. The larger island is Sherman Island, and the bridge goes down to Antioch.
West Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
West Island
West Island
West Island is located in San Francisco Bay Area
West Island
West Island
West Island is located in California
West Island
West Island
West Island is located in the United States
West Island
West Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°01′24″N 121°46′43″W / 38.02333°N 121.77861°W / 38.02333; -121.77861 (West Island)[1]
Adjacent toSan Joaquin River
Administration
State California
CountySacramento

West Island is a small island in the San Joaquin River, California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] It is part of Sacramento County. Its coordinates are 38°01′24″N 121°46′43″W / 38.02333°N 121.77861°W / 38.02333; -121.77861 (West Island)[1]. It is shown, labeled "Webers Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold[18] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Island
  2. ^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
  3. ^ "Islands in San Joaquin River for Sale". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1884-11-04. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Bridge Replaces Ferries in Bay Road Plan". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1921-12-31. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Antioch Notes". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1922-07-11. p. 16.
  6. ^ "Chambers to Boost Great Road Project". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. 1922-08-06. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Sherman Island Bridge Project Gains In Favor". Stockton Daily Evening Record. Stockton, California. 1922-08-10. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Land Of Great Fertility Is Tapped By New Route". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1925-12-29. p. 20.
  9. ^ "17 Ships of War Time Set Afire to Clear River". Contra Costa Gazette. Martinez, California. 1927-09-29. p. 6.
  10. ^ "A Line on the Sportsman". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1936-09-06. p. 10.
  11. ^ "Rod and Gun". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1952-01-30. p. 26.
  12. ^ "Fishing Now Tops for Striped Bass". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1958-11-13. p. 56.
  13. ^ "Delta Fishing!". Concord Transcript. Concord, California. 1967-05-26. p. 11.
  14. ^ "Outdoor Dateline: Waterfowl rewards few". The Berkeley Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1977-12-22. p. 29.
  15. ^ "Delta". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1980-10-05. p. 25.
  16. ^ "Fishing Report". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. 1993-11-11. p. 17.
  17. ^ "Fish report". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. 2004-05-13. p. 34.
  18. ^ Ringgold, Cadwalader; Stuart, Fred D.; Everett, Chas.; Harrison (1850). "General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California". David Rumsey Map Collection. San Francisco Common Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ Lange, Henry (1854). "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin". David Rumsey Map Collection. George Westermann. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.


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