Ryer Island (Suisun Bay)

Ryer Island is an island in Suisun Bay[1] at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, in the Suisun Resource Conservation District, eight miles east-northeast of Benicia. At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island.[2][3]

For the island 40 kilometres upstream, see Ryer Island.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1927). Special Publications. Special Publications. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 47. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin, Henry Lange, 1854.
  3. David L. Durham, California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of This State. p. 693. Quill Driver Books. (1998) ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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