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

Sacramento River The Sacramento River ( es, Río Sacramento) 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–S ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. 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 Island ...

to the southease, and Sutter Slough 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 census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the ...

, 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, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...

made by Cadwalader Ringgold 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 (1804–1 ...

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Islands of Sacramento County, California Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California {{SacramentoCountyCA-geo-stub