Roe Island Explained

Roe Island
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Coordinates:38.0725°N -122.0347°W
Location:Northern California
Waterbody:Suisun Bay
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Country:United States
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:County
Country Admin Divisions 1:Solano

Roe Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, 10 km east of Benicia. Its western tip is named Preston Point, and its eastern tip is Gillespie Point. It is shown, labeled "Preston Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island and Ryer Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.

On November 22, 2010, Brian Hopper was rescued from Roe Island by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been stranded on the island for five days (after his rubber raft sprung a leak), before using his cell phone to contact a cousin, who notified the Coast Guard.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . Ringgold . Cadwalader . Stuart . Fred D. . Everett . Chas. . Harrison . David Rumsey Map Collection . San Francisco Common Council . 1850 . 25 February 2021 .
  2. Web site: Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin. . Lange . Henry . David Rumsey Map Collection . George Westermann . 1854 . 25 February 2021 .
  3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/22/BA8N1GFV82.DTL San Francisco Chronicle