Carrington Island
is a 1,200-acre
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
located in the
Great Salt Lake in northern
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States. It is the fourth-largest island in the lake.
History
Carrington Island is named for Utah pioneer and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Albert Carrington
Albert Carrington (January 8, 1813 – September 19, 1889) was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Early life
Carrington was born i ...
. Lambourne's Rock (elevation 4727 feet) at the summit of the island is named for painter
Alfred Lambourne.
Charles Stoddard filed a homestead claim on the island in 1932 and built a cabin, but left the island after his well produced only saltwater.
The US Army operated the Carrington Island Precision Bombing Range on the island during World War II. Its surface remains pockmarked with bomb craters from this era. As the island was never cleaned up due to its remote location, unexploded ordnance may still be present. SAC Bay on the island's southeastern shore and SAC point on the island's southern tip were named for the
Strategic Air Command during the island's use as a bombing range.
Brine shrimp harvesters in the area operate a radio repeater on the summit of the island.
Access
The northwestern 542 acres of the island are privately owned by the Six Mile Ranch Co. of Grantsville, UT.
[Tooele County Parcel Map, parcel numbers 04-001-0-0001 and 04-002-0-0001. Accessible at https://erecording.tooeleco.org/eaglesoftware/web/] The remainder of the island is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Sandbars connect the island to Stansbury Island and to the mainland but are cut by canals.
See also
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Stansbury Island
Stansbury Island is the second largest island within the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah. Located in Tooele County, it is considered an island even though a dirt causeway connects it to the mainland. Stansbury Island was named after Ho ...
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Gunnison Island Gunnison Island is located in the northwest quadrant of the Great Salt Lake in Box Elder County, Utah, United States , approximately northwest of Salt Lake City and about east from the lake's western shore, and is best known as an important rook ...
References
Further reading
* {{cite book, last=Miller, first=David E., title=Great Salt Lake: A Scientific, Historical, and Economic Overview, date=June 1980, publisher=Utah Geological Survey, isbn=1-55791-083-9, editor-last=Gwynn, editor-first=J. Wallace, volume=Bulletin 116, chapter=Great Salt Lake: A Historical Sketch, lccn=80623880, oclc=6659366
Lake islands
Great Salt Lake
Islands of Utah
Lake islands of Utah