Wood Island (Marin County)

Wood Island
Aerial image of an island.
USGS aerial imagery of Wood Island
Wood Island is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Wood Island
Wood Island
Wood Island is located in California
Wood Island
Wood Island
Wood Island is located in the United States
Wood Island
Wood Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates37°56′37″N 122°30′42″W / 37.94361°N 122.51167°W / 37.94361; -122.51167 (Wood Island)[1]
Adjacent toCorte Madera Creek
Highest elevation13 ft (4 m)[1]
Administration
United States
State California
CountyMarin
Little Island as it appears on a 1954 USGS topographic map.

Wood Island is a former island in Marin County, California, formerly in the Corte Madera Creek (upstream of San Francisco Bay) but now surrounded by land. Its coordinates are 37°56′37″N 122°30′42″W / 37.94361°N 122.51167°W / 37.94361; -122.51167 (Wood Island)[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 13 ft (4.0 m) in 1981.[1] It appears in a 1954 USGS map of the region.[2] In the 1960s, its principal owner was Spero Spiliotis.[3] In 1969, the city of Larkspur passed a resolution of intent to annex the island,[4] and in the 1970s, a ferry terminal had been proposed.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Island
  2. ^ United States Geological Survey (1954). "San Rafael Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:24000.
  3. ^ "Wood Island Area Value Is $88,375". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1967-06-23. p. 5.
  4. ^ "The Larkspur City Council Also". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1969-06-19. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Larkspur Argues Planning Report". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1972-03-22. p. 37.


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