Wheeler Island (California)

Coordinates: 38°05′06″N 121°56′15″W / 38.08500°N 121.93750°W / 38.08500; -121.93750 (Wheeler Island)[1]
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Wheeler Island
Aerial photo of an island partially subsconced beneath water.
USGS aerial imagery of Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island is located in California
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island is located in the United States
Wheeler Island
Wheeler Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°05′06″N 121°56′15″W / 38.08500°N 121.93750°W / 38.08500; -121.93750 (Wheeler Island)[1]
Adjacent toSuisun Bay
Administration
State California
CountySolano
Hammond Island
to its north.

Wheeler Island is a small island in

San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold, and an 1854 map by Henry Lange, show islands partially covering some of the current area of Wheeler Island, labeled "Davis Island" and "Warrington Island".[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheeler Island
  2. ^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
  3. ^ "Sportsmen's Corner". Visalia Times-Delta. Visalia, California. 1951-10-17. p. 10.
  4. ^ "$3.9 Million Project Aimed At Protecting Suisun Marsh". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1978-12-20. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Municipal Service Review: Solano County Water, Irrigation, Reclamation, and Flood Management Agencies" (PDF). Solano County LAFCO. Michael Brandman Associates. 13 April 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.