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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edit- ^ a b "Carpenters Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0875952772.
42°33′30″N 123°35′44″W / 42.558447°N 123.595625°W
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