Island Number 8
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The main navigation channel was on the west side of the island but the 1927 and 1937 floods caused the current to change, resulting in the eastside being the main navigational channel.
As for its name, Island number 8 dates from 1801 when Z Cramer published his book of navigational charts of the Lower Mississippi (downstream from Cairo, IL). Instead of using names for the river's many sandy islands, which frequently have many conflicting local names, he opted to use numbers starting with Island Number 1 some five miles south of Cairo, IL. Island number 8 was the 8th island on the river as boats proceed south. Many islands have since disappeared due to the Mississippi's changing course, thus Island Number 8 is no longer the 8th island, yet the original name persisted.
As for its name, Island number 8 dates from 1801 when Z Cramer published his book of navigational charts of the Lower Mississippi (downstream from Cairo, IL). Instead of using names for the river's many sandy islands, which frequently have many conflicting local names, he opted to use numbers starting with Island Number 1 some five miles south of Cairo, IL. Island number 8 was the 8th island on the river as boats proceed south. Many islands have since disappeared due to the Mississippi's changing course, thus Island Number 8 is no longer the 8th island, yet the original name persisted.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°36'18"N 89°20'46"W
- Island Number 5 (Wolf Island) 22 km
- Marquette Island 78 km
- Hurricane Island 132 km
- New Wabash Island 176 km
- Wabash Island 176 km
- Slim Island 190 km
- Diamond Island 199 km
- Ribeyre Island 207 km
- Bull Island 215 km
- French Island 2 232 km
- Big Oak Tree State Park 6.3 km
- Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area 14 km
- Fulton County, Kentucky 14 km
- sand blows 16 km
- Dexter Municipal Airport (KDXE) 56 km
- Sand Prairie Conservation Area 56 km
- Malden Regional Airport 57 km
- Horseshoe Lake 59 km
- Crowleys Ridge Conservation Area 69 km
- Dunklin County, Missouri 80 km