Sutter Island (formerly Schoolcraft Island) is a small island of the

Sacramento River The Sacramento River () is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento–San Joaquin River D ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is bordered by the Sacramento River on the northeast,

Steamboat Slough Steamboat Slough is an alternate branch of the Sacramento River, named for its popular use by steamboats traveling between San Francisco and Sacramento. Its mouth is found at an elevation of , above Rio Vista, between Grand Island and Ryer Isla ...

to the southease, and

Sutter Slough Sutter may refer to: People * Sutter (surname), a list of people with this name * John Augustus Sutter, Sr. (1803–1880), Californian pioneer and founder of Sutter's Fort ** John Augustus Sutter, Jr. (1826–1897), his son, a U.S. consul to Acap ...

to the west. It is located across the Sacramento River from Paintersville. It is part of

Sacramento County Sacramento County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacrament ...

, and managed by Reclamation District 349. Its coordinates are . It is shown, labeled "Schoolcraft Island", on an 1850 survey map of the

San Francisco Bay area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...

made by

Cadwalader Ringgold Cadwalader Ringgold (August 20, 1802 – April 29, 1867) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the United States Exploring Expedition, later headed an expedition to the Northwest and, after initially retiring, returned to service ...

and an 1854 map of the area by

Henry Lange Karl Julius Heinrich Lange (13 April 1821 – 30 April 1893) was a German cartographer. Biography He was born at Stettin. He worked with Heinrich Berghaus, Berghaus, and then labored three years in Edinburgh on Alexander Keith Johnston (1804– ...

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