Sherman Island (California)
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Sherman Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta at the confluence of the two rivers in Sacramento County, California, 1.2 miles northeast of Antioch. The 5,500 ha island, mostly
Sherman Island from the air. The bridge at bottom connects it to Antioch. The small D-shaped island at the top right is Decker Island.
Sheep grazing on Sherman Island, March 2014
Kiteboarding at Sherman Island, California, April, 2015.
The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Central California and Northern California. The delta is formed at the western edge of th
Sherman Island (California)
…Sherman Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta at the confluence of the two rivers in Sacramento County, California, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast of Antioch. The 5,500 ha (14,000 acres) island…
Part of the Delta viewed from above. Sherman Island in foreground with the Sacramento River above and San Joaquin River below/right.
The Old River, a former channel of the San Joaquin River located in the southwestern Delta
An 1850 drawing of the Sacramento River in the Delta, showing the lush foliage that made up much of the virgin Delta.
Land subsidence in the Delta as of 1995