Carpenters Island (Oregon)

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Carpenters Island is an island in the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon about one mile upstream from Galice. [1] It is named for Francis A. "Frank" Carpenter, a native of Illinois who settled there in the early 1900s. [2] The Bureau of Land Management maintains a small boat landing nearby called Carpenters Island Park. Some maps identify the island as Carpenter Island, but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has officially approved "Carpenters Island." [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Carpenters Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 169. ISBN   978-0875952772.

Coordinates: 42°33′30″N123°35′44″W / 42.558447°N 123.595625°W / 42.558447; -123.595625