Roe Island

38°04′21″N 122°02′05″W / 38.07250°N 122.03472°W / 38.07250; -122.03472 (Roe Island)^[1]Adjacent toSuisun BayAdministrationState CaliforniaCountySolano

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.^{[citation needed]} It is shown, labeled "Preston Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold^[2] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.^[3] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island and Ryer Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.^[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Roe Island Light a lighthouse on the island
• List of islands of California

References