Ryer Island
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Ryer Island an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California
surrounded by Miner Slough and Steamboat Slough at their confluence with the Sacramento River
, 6.5 miles north-northeast of Rio Vista
. The 4750 ha (11,737.5 acre) island is named in honor of a California pioneer, Dr. Washington M. Ryer, and his family. A map prepared at the time of statehood shows the area divided by the west fork of the Sacramento River, with the western half identified as Priest Island and the eastern half identified as Sutter Island.
Solano County, California
Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The county's population was reported by the U.S. Census to be 413,344 in 2010...
surrounded by Miner Slough and Steamboat Slough at their confluence with the Sacramento River
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River is an important watercourse of Northern and Central California in the United States. The largest river in California, it rises on the eastern slopes of the Klamath Mountains, and after a journey south of over , empties into Suisun Bay, an arm of the San Francisco Bay, and...
, 6.5 miles north-northeast of Rio Vista
Rio Vista
Rio Vista may refer to:* Rio Vista, California* Rio Vista , a neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida* Rio Vista, a neighborhood in Alpine, New Jersey* Rio Vista, Texas* Rio Vista Park, a park in San Marcos, Texas...
. The 4750 ha (11,737.5 acre) island is named in honor of a California pioneer, Dr. Washington M. Ryer, and his family. A map prepared at the time of statehood shows the area divided by the west fork of the Sacramento River, with the western half identified as Priest Island and the eastern half identified as Sutter Island.