Which is the Island ?

“The Island”

Horse Shoe Island is only an island at mid-high tide. And “The Island” isn’t really an island either. But if you have been told there is an island here due to John Smith’s description of an island, and a land feature called “the Island” is reported to be in this exact location in all previous maps, and then you see this island looking shape peninsula with creek openings at either side, it is logical to call the horse shoe an island. Differing definitions of what makes an island combined with the shift from verbal descriptions to eyeballing to aerial photographs has created the legacy that mapmakers have drawn different islands here throughout history even though non really exist.

“Horseshoe  Island”