Talk:Sauvie Island
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[edit] Superlative police
Sauvie Island in Oregon is the largest island along the Columbia River, at 26,000 acres (105 km²), and is also the largest non-delta river island on earth.
This sentence currently opens the page, and is tagged with a "citation needed". A quick browse of wikipedia turns up at least one non-delta river island that is significantly larger: Island of Montreal, said to be 499 sq km. Another contender is Wolfe Island (Ontario), at 124 sq km, although one might quibble over whether it is truly a "river island".
In any case, I found these counterexamples in just a few minutes of half-hearted searching. I bet there are many others from all over the world. So I'm removing the claim as part of my ongoing effort to reduce false claims of "world's biggest X" from wikipedia. You know superlatives are the 3rd leading source of misinformation? Pfly 05:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
