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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.
by 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 agoConey 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 agoThere'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 agoCreek for inlet is British variant and fairly old. Chelsea Creek in Boston empties Mill Creek.
- killion 2y agoIn 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.