Tyler_Island_(California)

Tyler Island (California)

Tyler Island (California)

Island in California

Tyler Island is a small island in the San Joaquin River delta, part of Sacramento County, California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Its coordinates are 38.1729725°N 121.5474531°W / 38.1729725; -121.5474531 (Tyler Island)[1]. It is named after 1861 owner W.C. Tyler,[4] and managed by Reclamation Districts 563 and 554.[10]

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Houses on Tyler Island in 2006
Tyler Island, seen from the southeast in an 2015 aerial photo. To its south is Staten Island, and to its north is Andrus Island.

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tyler Island
  2. [2]
    "Swamp Land Commissioners". The Daily Bee. Sacramento, California. 1861-07-26. p. 2.
  3. [3]
    "The Swamp Lands". The Sonoma County Journal. Petaluma, California. 1863-10-30. p. 2.
  4. [4]
    "Local news". The Daily Bee. Sacramento, California. 1865-01-18. p. 3.
  5. [5]
    "Pheasant Kill Rises Over '66". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. 1967-11-28. p. 8.
  6. [6]
    "Delta Ships First Cases Of Asparagus: Tyler Island Growers Send Produce To San Francisco Markets". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1926-02-12. p. 8.
  7. [7]
    "Page 8". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. 1967-11-27. p. Pheasant Season Ends Sunday.
  8. [8]
    "Peter Wierdsma". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1976-12-21. p. 19.
  9. [9]
    "Record tides push Delta to crisis stage". The Tribune. Oakland, California. 1986-02-21. p. 10.
  10. [10]
    "Sacramento County, California Reclamation Districts" (PDF). Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.


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