Fish Creek Island Explained

Fish Creek Island
Location:Ohio River, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.8145°N -80.8184°W
Area Sqmi:0.075
Country:United States
Pushpin Map:USA West Virginia

Fish Creek Island is a 48-acre (19-hectare) island on the Ohio River in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. The island is located across the river from Captina, West Virginia, south of Moundsville, and north of the mouth of Fish Creek, from which it takes its name.

Previously owned by CONSOL Energy Inc., Fish Creek Island was donated by CONSOL to the Nature Conservancy to protect the island's habitat for its rare great blue herons. The bar is West Virginia's largest great blue heron rookery.[1] The Nature Conservancy turned over Fish Creek Island to the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge which is now a protected island of the reserve.[2] [3]

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  1. Book: Ohio River Guidebook . Inland Waterways Books . 2008 . 22 November 2013 . Hay, Jerry M. . 24. 9781605852171 .
  2. Web site: August 2013. Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Brochure. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415192743/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/OhioRiverGeneralBrochure2013.pdf. April 15, 2021. September 14, 2021. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ohio River Islands - About the Refuge.
  3. Web site: Fish Creek Island. 2020-05-08. 2021-09-14. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.