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Philosophically, you could make the argument that it really does exist.

• samatman 2y ago
  It definitely exists. It isn't an island, despite having Island in the name. But that's true of Coney Island as well, and it also exists.
  • cperciva 2y ago
    Coney Island was an island when it got its name, though. A closer analogy might be Vancouver's False Creek, which as the name suggests is not a creek (it's a tidal inlet).
    • samatman 2y ago
      There's always Rhode Island. There is an island by that name, but the state itself is very much not (and it's usually called Aquidneck now, the island, I mean). Pine Island in New York State is both not an island, nor named after one, it's just slightly elevated. Point is there's precedent.
    • ianburrell 2y ago
      Creek for inlet is British variant and fairly old. Chelsea Creek in Boston empties Mill Creek.
  • killion 2y ago
    In the Bay Area there is Alameda Island, which didn't start as an island either... https://www.kqed.org/news/11983858/alameda-the-island-that-almost-wasnt https://www.kqed.org/news/11983858/alameda-the-island-that-a... It's only barely one today.