Bacon Island Explained

Bacon Island
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Coordinates:37.9766°N -121.5522°W
Location:Northern California
Waterbody:San Joaquin River
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Country:United States
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Bacon Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty kilometres east of Antioch, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton. The 2200ha 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. It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 2028. It appears on 1913 and 1952 United States Geological Survey maps of the area.

The island is owned by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.mwdh2o.com/delta-islands-and-habitat-restoration/