Deer Island (Marin County)

Deer Island

Deer Island, as viewed from the south in March 2023.
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°05′52″N 122°32′13″W[1]
Adjacent to	Novato Creek
Highest elevation	167 ft (50.9 m)[1]
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Marin

Deer Island in a USGS topographic map from 1954

USGS aerial imagery from 2021

Deer Island is a former island in Marin County, California, close to (and formerly surrounded by wetlands of) the Novato Creek, upstream of San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay). It is now the location of Deer Island Preserve. It used to be inhabited by Antonio DeBorba, who hiked the nearby wetlands to avoid having to use a boat to get home. The building is still there on the Northeastern part of the island.^[2] Deer Island's coordinates are 38°05′52″N 122°32′13″W^[1], and its elevation is 167 ft (51 m).^[1][3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deer Island
2. Ungemach, May Rodgers (1989). Novato Township : land grant to World War II (1st ed.). Novato, Calif.: Novato Historical Guild. ISBN 0-9619810-0-8. OCLC 20594154.
3. United States Geological Survey (1954). "Petaluma Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:62500.