Bacon Island

Bacon Island
Bacon Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Bacon Island
Location within Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Bacon Island is located in California
Bacon Island
Location within California
Bacon Island is located in the United States
Bacon Island
Location within the United States
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates37°58′36″N 121°33′08″W / 37.976590°N 121.552174°W / 37.976590; -121.552174 (Bacon Island)[1]
Adjacent toSan Joaquin River
Administration
United States
State California
CountySacramento

Bacon Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty kilometres east of Antioch, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton.[2] The 2,200 ha (5,400-acre) island is bounded on the west by Old River, on the north by Connection Slough, on the east by Middle River, and Woodward Island Canal on the south.[3] It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 2028.[4] It appears on 1913 and 1952 United States Geological Survey maps of the area.[5][6]

The island is owned by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bacon Island
  2. ↑ "Bond Men Visit Phillips Company's Island Holdings". The Evening Mail. Stockton, California. 1913-01-11. p. 6.
  3. ↑ Woodward Island, Bacon Island, Page 036 (San Joaquin County 1911) Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy
  4. ↑ "Municipal Service Review: Selected San Joaquin County Reclamation Districts" (PDF). San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission. E Mulberg & Associates. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Marshall, R.B.; Gerdine, T.G.; Hannegan, Duncan; Lewis, J.L. (1913). "Topography, State of California: Woodward Island Quadrangle". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. ↑ United States Geological Survey (1952). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (Map). 1:24000. Woodward Island Quadrangle, California.
  7. ↑ "MWD | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta".
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