Suisun Bay [SEP] mouth of the watercourse
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


numbered clockwise from Monticello Dam: Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay, listed clockwise from Benicia to Martinez: "For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California." Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Point San Pablo, numbered east to west: Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Bay Bridge, numbered north to south: Watercourses which feed into the east
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List of rivers of California


of the Golden Gate; tributaries are listed from those entering nearest the bays to farthest). The Central Valley watershed feeding into Suisun Bay via the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta is excluded; see the following section for the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems. "For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area." "For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area." The Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems drain the
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Cordelia Slough


Cordelia Slough is a tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Solano County, California. The Suisun Slough, fed by the Green River and Red Top Creek, provides a productive habitat for a diversity of aquatic flora and fauna. In particular steelhead migrate up Cordelia Slough to spawn in its two tributaries. Cordelia Bay is known for its species biodiversity and also for prevalence of endangered species such as Sacramento splittail, "Pogonichthys macrolepidotus" and the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse. Some areas
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Sorex ornatus sinuosus


Sorex ornatus sinuosus, the Suisun shrew or Suisun ornate shrew, is a subspecies of the ornate shrew that occurs in the tidal marshes of the northern shores of San Pablo and Suisun bays (northern arms of the San Francisco Bay, as far east as Grizzly Island and as far west as the mouth of Sonoma Creek in the vicinity of Tubbs Island). Brown and Rudd redefined the western boundary of the range from a prior designation of the Petaluma River. The Suisun shrew has been designated as a Species of Concern by the
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Shasta Dam


natural runoff reducing to a trickle during late summers and autumns of drought years. As farming increased, low river flows dropped even lower, leading to saltwater intrusion from San Francisco Bay into the Delta. This caused water shortages for Delta farms, and led to a teredo (saltwater worm) infestation between 1919 and 1924 destroying piers and ships in Suisun Bay. In a bid to solve the salinity problem, local residents proposed constructing a tidal barrage across the mouth of Suisun Bay, a project which was never realized. In 1919
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Discovery Bay, Washington


Peninsula of Washington state. The bay enters the Strait of Juan de Fuca between the Miller and Quimper peninsulas. The bay's mouth is just south of Protection Island, a small federally protected nature preserve. Discovery Bay is in length, and wide at its mouth. Its primary inlet is Snow Creek at the south end of the bay, and other small watercourses feed the bay on its east and west sides. The community of Discovery Bay is an area near the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and State Route 20, at
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Suisun Bay


Suisun Bay ( ) is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, forming the entrance to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta. Suisun Marsh, the tidal marsh land to the north, is the largest marsh in California. Grizzly Bay forms a northern extension of Suisun Bay. The bay is directly north of Contra Costa County. The bay was named in 1811, after the
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Reber Plan


The Reber Plan was designed and advocated by John Reber, an actor, theatrical producer, and schoolteacher. His plan, in the late 1940s, was to fill in parts of the San Francisco Bay. Under the plan, which was also known as the San Francisco Bay Project, the mouth of the Sacramento River (from Suisun Bay) would be channelized by dams and would feed two freshwater lakes within the bay, providing drinking water to the residents of the Bay Area. The barriers would support rail and highway traffic and
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Suisun Bay


Suisunes, a Native American tribe of the area. The word originates with the Patwin. On the west, Suisun Bay is drained by the Carquinez Strait, which connects to San Pablo Bay, a northern extension of San Francisco Bay. In addition to the major bridges at the Carquinez Strait, it is spanned in its center by the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and at its eastern end by the State Route 160 crossing (Antioch Bridge) between Antioch and Oakley. It is the anchorage of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, a
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Suisun Marsh


established salinity standards set by Decision-1641, to block the salty flood tide from Grizzly Bay but allow passage of the freshwater ebb tide from the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Because the Salinity Control Gates are more effective than anticipated other proposed salinity control measures were abandoned. The gates operate as needed from October through May. Although the Suisun Marsh is managed for waterfowl, it is also an important fish habitat, especially for wild salmon. Monitoring stations throughout the marsh measure the impact of water management activities on fish populations,
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Suisun Marsh


defined Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as well as part of the San Francisco Bay estuary. The Suisun Marsh is named for the Suisunes, a Patwin sub-tribe, who inhabited the area around 200 years ago. Suisun Marsh, 116,000 acres (470 km) of land, bays, and sloughs, is one of the largest estuarine marshes in the western United States. Geologically, the Suisun Marsh is the product of water-borne sediment deposition, carried from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers into the San Francisco Bay.
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Suisun people


of the Bay Area, having erected seven missions in the Ohlone region south and west of the Suisunes' region. The closest mission to the Suisunes was across the San Francisco Bay, Mission San Francisco de Asís. Franciscan missionaries wanted to bring all tribes into the Spanish-controlled missions, pueblos and presidios, however the Spanish had not yet reached north of the present-day Carquinez Strait to the Suisunes. The Suisunes lived sufficiently far away from the first missions to rebel from the incoming Spaniards, and over time they joined
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Suisun Marsh


Located in northern California the Suisun Marsh ( ) is the largest brackish water marsh on west coast of the United States of America. The marsh land is part of the San Francisco Bay tidal estuary, and subject to tidal ebb and flood. The marsh is home to many species of birds and other wildlife, and is formed by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers between Martinez and Suisun City, California and several other smaller, local watersheds. Adjacent to Suisun Bay, the marsh is immediately west of the legally
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Suisun City, California


Suisun City ( ) is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 28,111 at the 2010 census. The city takes its name from the adjacent Suisun Bay, which in turn is named for the Suisun people, an indigenous Native American tribe of the area. Suisun City is named for the Suisun people, which is a Native-American tribe living in the area. Suisun City is located at (38.244863, -122.017048). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total
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Suisun people


The Suisunes (also called the Suisun and the "People of the West Wind") were a tribe of Native Americans that lived in Northern California's Suisun Marsh regions of Solano County, California between what is now Suisun City, Vacaville and Putah Creek around 200 years ago. The Suisunes' main village, Yulyul, is believed to be where Rockville, California is located today. Father Abella, visitor to the tribe in 1811, indicated they resided in the present location of Fairfield, north of the Suisun Bay. One
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California Board of Pilot Commissioners


Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun is the California state agency responsible for licensing and regulating pilots within one of the largest harbors in the world and the tributary Sacramento River delta. It licenses and regulates up to 60 pilots of the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association. They are called "bar pilots" because they maneuver ships across a large and dangerous sand bar just outside the Golden Gate at the mouth of San Francisco Bay. The Board of Commissioners was created in 1850 during the
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Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet


The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is located on the northwest side of Suisun Bay (the northern portion of the greater San Francisco Bay estuary). The fleet is within a regulated navigation area that is about 4 1/2 miles long and 1/2-mile wide. It begins just north of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge and runs northeast, parallel to the shoreline. Water depths range from about 14 meters (45 feet) at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) at the foot of the anchorage, to about 8 meters (26 feet) MLLW
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National Defense Reserve Fleet


, Virginia–the 'James River Reserve Fleet'; Beaumont, Texas–the 'Beaumont Reserve Fleet'; and Suisun Bay, California- the 'Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet'; and at designated outported berths. Former anchorage sites included Stony Point, New York - the Hudson River Reserve Fleet; Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; Astoria, Oregon; and Olympia, Washington. Through the 2010s, the oldest, most decrepit hulls at Suisun Bay will be stripped of toxic materials, then broken up in Texas
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USS Monticello (LSD-35)


Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. Ex-"Monticello" was environmentally cleaned to be used for target practice by Marad Contract #N00140-03C-A002 from 9 March through 27 April 2006 and then the vessel was returned to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. Ex-"Monticello" was withdrawn from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California on 27 June 2010, to be towed to Hawaii for sinking, in July 2010, as part of the RIMPAC 2010 exercise. She was sunk as a target in the Pacific
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USS Chestatee (AOG-49)


" transferred to the Suisun Bay branch of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 2 April 1957, she was lent to the Air Force in September 1957. "Chestatee" was transferred by the Air Force to the Olympia, Wa branch of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 14 September 1962 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1963. On 2 June 1971, "Chestatee" was transferred to the Suisun Bay branch of the National Defense Reserve Fleet due to the closure
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Fairfield, California


Ranges. The city is centered directly north of the Suisun Bay and northeast of the San Pablo Bay. Much of the Suisun Bay contains the Suisun Marsh, the largest saltwater marsh on the west coast of the United States. The city includes one hospital NorthBay Medical Center, a 131-bed advanced medical facility that also features a level II Trauma Center. According to the City of Fairfield website, Native Americans, such as those from the Ion culture, settled in the Rockville and Green Valley areas. Artifacts that have been found from
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USS Carina (AK-74)


war ended in August before she saw service again. On 17 October 1945, she was decommissioned at Suisun Bay, California, and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration for long-term storage. "Carina" was sold to National Metal and Steel Corporation, for $171,711.17 on 1 February 1952, for scrapping. She was removed from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 7 April 1952. Her scrapping was completed 20 March 1953. "Carina" received three battle stars for her World War II
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


shore of San Francisco Bay between the Bay Bridge and the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, numbered from north to south: Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge, listed north to south: Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise: Watercourses which feed into the west shore of San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean
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USS Suisun


USS "Suisun" (AVP-53) was a United States Navy "Barnegat"-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1955. It was named for northern California's Suisun Bay, which takes its name from the Native American Suisun tribe. "Suisun" was laid down on 4 October 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington. She was launched on 14 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Martyr, and commissioned on 13 September 1944 with Commander James. J. Vaughan in command. After fitting out, "Suisun
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Suisun Valley AVA


Riesling, and Zinfandel. Suisun Valley has a semi-coastal Mediterranean climate with a cool wet season from November to April, followed by a warm dry season. Moist winds blow inland from San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay at the headwaters of San Francisco Bay almost continuously from May through October, which minimizes frost danger. Mean rainfall averages about a year in the southeast part of the valley to in the northwest, with nearly all rain falling during the wet season. The climate is classified as mid-region III under the
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San Rafael Creek


San Rafael Creek is a watercourse in Marin County, California, United States that discharges to San Rafael Bay, a small embayment of the San Francisco Bay. The mouth of San Rafael Creek is a channelized estuary through an industrial area. San Rafael Creek has a designation under Federal Law Section 303(d) as impaired by diazinon, the principal pollutant causing impairment designations for streams discharging to San Pablo Bay, which is the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. In September 2007, the organization Save The Bay designated San Rafael Creek as
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


, numbered north to south: Watercourses which feed into Bolinas Lagoon, numbered clockwise from Bolinas to Stinson Beach: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Stinson Beach and the Golden Gate, numbered north to south: Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, numbered south to north: Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, numbered west to east: Watercourses which feed into Lake Berryessa,
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Burpengary Creek


Burpengary Creek is a watercourse in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It has a total catchment area of 7,960 hectares. It is about 40 kilometres north of Brisbane, The Burpengary Creek catchment forms part of the larger Deception Bay catchment and encompasses two distinctive creeks–Little Burpengary Creek (6,360ha) and Burpengary Creek (6, 360ha). These creeks flow into Deception Bay just south of the mouth of Caboolture River, which is itself south of Bribie Island. Burpengary Creek begins in the D’Aguilar Ranges at a
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Suisun people


work as seasonal or year-round ranch labors for Vallejo at the Rancho Petaluma Adobe or other area ranches. In 1846, at the end of the Bear Flag Revolt when California was ceded to the United States, General Vallejo was taken prisoner by Americans at Sutter's Fort, Sem-Yeto fled north, and the people continued to earn their living on the ranches of California. Solano County is named after Chief (Sem-Yeto) Francisco Solano. Suisun Marsh and Suisun Bay are named after the Suisun tribe. Suisun
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San Diego Creek


century, the watershed was used for agriculture. Increased runoff from farmlands resulted in extensive erosion, which led to the creation of a stream channel that ran northwestwards into the Santa Ana River channel and thence the Upper Newport Bay. As siltation problems plagued the bay, the Bitter Point Dam was constructed to divert the Santa Ana River to its present mouth at Huntington Beach, leaving the Cienega/San Diego Creek as the main watercourse flowing into the bay. To support irrigation, farmers drilled numerous wells to tap the region's abundant
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


Gualala and Russian Rivers, numbered from north to south: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between Goat Rock Beach and Bodega Head, numbered from north to south: Watercourses which feed into Bodega Bay, numbered clockwise from Bodega Head to Sand Point: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Marin County south of Sand Point, listed from north to south: Watercourses which feed into Tomales Bay, numbered clockwise from Sand Point to Tomales Point: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Tomales Point and Bolinas
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USS Suisun


up emergency aviation supplies on 15 June. She returned to Kerama Retto on 26 June 1945 and resumed seaplane tending operations there through the cessation of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945, which brought World War II to a close. "Suisun" received two battle stars for her World War II service. "Suisun" departed Kerama Retto for Japan on 16 August 1945. She entered Tokyo Bay on 28 August 1945, the eighth Allied ship to enter Tokyo Bay at the end of the war and was present for Japan's
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Stanislaus River


River at a point about northeast of Vernalis and south of Manteca, upstream (south) of the larger river's mouth at Suisun Bay. The average unimpaired runoff of the Stanislaus River, as estimated at New Melones Dam, is per year, or about . About two-thirds of the Stanislaus River flow originates as snowmelt between the months of April and July, although its highest peak flows tend to occur during winter rains. The water flow varies widely from year to year, with a historic maximum of or in the
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San Joaquin River


, one of the basin's largest cities. From here to the mouth, the river is dredged as part of a navigation project, the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel. Past the head of tide, amid the many islands of the delta, the San Joaquin is joined by two more tributaries: the Calaveras River and the larger Mokelumne. The river grows to almost wide before ending at its confluence with the Sacramento River, in Antioch, forming the head of Suisun Bay. The combined waters from the two rivers then flow
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San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)


it is partly intermittent and altered, to San Francisco Bay about 1.1 km (0.7 mi) west of the mouth of Seal Slough. This watercourse lies entirely within San Mateo County and flows generally eastward to discharge into San Francisco Bay. San Mateo Creek once hosted coho salmon ("Oncorhynchus kisutch") as evidenced by specimens collected by Professor Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University in the 1850s and 1860s. He also collected steelhead trout ("Oncorhynchus mykiss") from the creek. Historical records indicate that Chinook salmon ("Oncorhynchus
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Morro Creek


Morro Creek is a coastal stream in San Luis Obispo County, in the central region of the U.S. state of California. The watercourse flows from the Santa Lucia Mountains to discharge into the Pacific Ocean, at its mouth on Estero Bay, near the city of Morro Bay. The creek is in the coastal sage and chaparral section of the California chaparral and woodlands Ecoregion. Historically this watershed had habitats containing considerable amounts of chaparral, and scarce Oak woodlands, and Grey Pine ("Pinus sabiniana") trees. The lower reaches
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List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia


List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia is a list of islands located within the watercourse of the Murray River within the Australian state of South Australia from the mouth of the river at Encounter Bay in the south to the borders with the states of New South Wales and Victoria in the east including the following lakes located adjacent to the river's mouth - Coorong, Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina. The following list includes islands (listed from west to east) in the Coorong as well as the following two channels connecting
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Sacramento River


the Yolo Bypass and curves southwest along the base of the Montezuma Hills, forming the border of Solano and Sacramento Counties. This part of the river is dredged for navigation by large oceangoing vessels and averages three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) across. North of Antioch and Pittsburg, the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers join at the head of Suisun Bay, marking the official end of both rivers. The combined waters flow west through Suisun Bay and the Carquinez Strait into San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay, joining
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Browns Island (California)


Browns Island is a regional preserve of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is an island in Suisun Bay, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, separated from Pittsburg by New York Slough. The island is separated from Winter Island to the east by Middle Slough, and bounded by New York Slough on the south and Suisun Bay on the west and northwest. The East Bay Regional Park District has published a guide to the wild plants
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Gerritsen Creek


Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn, New York City that empties into Jamaica Bay. The creek currently starts near Avenue U, but its original headwaters lay eight streets farther north. That part of the creek was buried in a storm sewer in 1920. The creek's mouth and much of its remaining length is part of a nature conservation area called Marine Park. The creek has been described as one of the "fingers" that formed the original shoreline of Jamaica Bay. The creek lies just beyond the maximum extent
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Lunan Water


The Lunan Water is an easterly flowing river in Angus, Scotland, that discharges to the North Sea north of the town of Arbroath. Draining chiefly agricultural lands, this stream has a moderate level of turbidity and a pH level of approximately 8.7. Other nearby watercourses discharging to the North Sea include River North Esk and River South Esk, both to the north. At its mouth the Lunan Water meets the North Sea at the hamlet of Lunan, upon Lunan Bay. The beach at Lunan Bay was voted the "best beach
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Suisun City, California


District. Suisun City was established in the 1850s. Its location made it ideal for commerce and transportation during the California Gold Rush. In 1868—1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad connected to downtown Suisun City via the California Pacific Railroad, expanding the region's reach across the United States. In the 1960s and 1970s, Suisun City experienced rapid growth as the San Francisco Bay Area's suburban ring expanded to the formerly rural Solano County. Also in the 1960s, Interstate 80 was constructed two miles (3 km) outside the city,
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Suisun Valley AVA


the Suisun Valley Vintners and Growers Association, currently lists several Suisun Valley wineries on their website. Both the Suisun Valley AVA and the Napa Valley AVA are part of the North Coast AVA, a regional appellation that includes the grape-growing districts of six counties located north of San Francisco Bay. This allows for wines made by blending grapes from different appellations within the six county region to be identified as North Coast wines. The primary source of water for the valley is the Putah South Canal, which was completed 7 November 1957
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Roe Island


Roe Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, 10 km east of Benicia. Its western tip is named Preston Point and its eastern tip is Gillespie Point. On November 22, 2010, Brian Hopper was rescued from Roe Island by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been stranded on the island for five days (after his rubber raft sprung a leak), before using his cell phone to contact a cousin, who notified the Coast Guard
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San Joaquin River


The water is largely held behind Friant Dam. The typical monthly flow of the San Joaquin River near the Sack Dam is 0. There have been seepage concerns below this part of the river, so current flows are restricted below the Sack Dam. The present annual flow of the San Joaquin River near Vernalis is about , or 4.5 million acre-feet (5.6 million dam) per year. According to USGS stream gauge #11303500 at Vernalis, above Suisun Bay and below the mouth of the Stanislaus River, the average discharge
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Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet


at the shallowest berths towards the northern end of the anchorage. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) maintains the National Defense Reserve Fleet, a fleet of vessels that serves as a reserve of ships for national defense and national emergency purposes. The reserve fleet program was begun in 1946 at the end of World War II. At its peak in 1950, the program had more than 2,000 ships in lay-up. One of the reserve fleet storage sites is in Suisun Bay, the northern portion of San Francisco Bay. Only
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Port Chicago disaster


the Navy. The town of Port Chicago was located on Suisun Bay in the estuary of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Suisun Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by San Francisco Bay. In 1944, the town was a little more than a mile from a U.S. Navy munitions depot, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, which was later expanded and renamed the Concord Naval Weapons Station but is now called the Military Ocean Terminal Concord. The original magazine was planned in 1941 with construction beginning shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so that tributaries entering nearest the sea appear first. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids. Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County north of Bodega Head, listed from north to south: Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between the
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Montezuma, California


passenger rail line that ran, with the help of a ferry across Suisun Bay, from Oakland, through Contra Costa County, across the bay, and into Solano County, making stops at Chipps and Dutton, before passing through Montezuma on its way to Rio Vista, California. The railway stop was located approximately a mile and a half northwest of present-day Collinsville, just after the rail line swung due north, from its north-easterly trajectory from the ferry landing at Chipps Island, at the Suisun Bay shoreline.
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Suisun people


Franciscan mission built north of the San Francisco Bay. In 1834, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo of Sonoma, as the comandante of the new pueblo projects in the region, became a very valuable patron and friend to Chief Solano, and formed an alliance with the Suisunes. The mission system was closing down. Chief Solano and the Suisunes led many expeditions with the object of quelling the other tribes of the region, particularly "the Wappo, the Satisyomis (aka Sotoyomes, a Wappo tribe) and the Cainameros (aka the Pomo
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SS Navajo Victory


and taken to San Diego. The "Navajo Victory" towed the "Menestheus" for nearly 500 miles but was eventually forced to abandon her. "Navajo Victory" sat idle in Astoria, Oregon until 1966. In 1966 the "Navajo Victory" was reactivated for the Vietnam War. It was operated by the American Mail Line. After the war in 1973, it was laid up in Suisun Bay as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. It was scrapped at Kaohsiung,
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Suisun Valley AVA


the St. George Range. The valley is located almost entirely in Solano County with a northern terminus near the county line with Napa County, and a southern terminus at Suisun Bay in the estuary where the Sacramento River enters San Francisco Bay. Elevations on the valley floor range from above sea level, rising steeply to at Okell Hill on the north side, and to on the west side at Twin Sisters, a twin summit that is the high point of the Howell Mountains, as well as a prominent landmark in the valley.
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Sableuse River


The Sableuse River is a watercourse in the Matapedia Valley, in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada. Its origin lies in the Sableuse ponds in Saint-Vianney while its mouth lies in the Sableuse River Bay on Lake Matapedia. This river flows into the regional county municipalities (RCM): This course river of the Matapedia Valley is descending towards the Southwest; it passes through the territory of Sainte-Paule and Matapedia Lake (at the Eastern boundary of the territory of Sayabec). The
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Suisun Bay


ferry boats "Solano" and "Contra Costa" were removed from service when the nearby Martinez railroad bridge was completed in 1930. From 1913 until 1954 the Sacramento Northern Railway, an electrified interurban line, crossed Suisun Bay with the "Ramon", a distillate-powered train ferry. On April 28, 2004, a petroleum pipeline operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners ruptured, initially reported as spilling 1,500 barrels (264m³) of diesel fuel in the marshes, but, this was later updated to about 2,950 barrels.
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USS Altair (AK-257)


up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California. The U.S. Navy acquired "Aberdeen Victory" on 7 July 1951 and renamed her "Altair" on 26 July 1951. Classified as a cargo ship (AK) and designated AK-257, she was commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 31 January 1952 as USS "Altair" (AK-257) with Commander George J. Largess in command. Assigned to the United States Atlantic Fleet Service Force, "Altair" was initially based at Norfolk, Virginia, and visited Annapolis
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USS San Saba (APA-232)


July, she was ordered to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard at San Francisco for inactivation. On 17 December 1946, "San Saba" was decommissioned and assigned to the San Francisco Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. On 1 October 1958, she was transferred to the Maritime Commission, struck from the Navy List, and was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California. Through June 1974, SS "San Saba" remained at Suisun Bay. Her Final Disposition, sold, 8 May 1975, to
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USS Luzon (ARG-2)


Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and to various Japanese ports while carrying out her assigned tasks. "Luzon" returned to San Diego on 31 May 1960, then steamed to Mare Island on 3 June, for deactivation. She was decommissioned there on 1 July 1960, and her name was struck from the Naval Register on 1 September 1961. "Luzon" was laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, on 25 August 1960, after being transferred to Maritime Administration (MARAD). On
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USS Arided


got underway for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The vessel arrived there on 14 November and remained in Hawaiian waters until she was decommissioned on 12 January 1946. The ship was then towed to San Francisco for final disposition. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 29 September 1947. She was delivered to MARCOM at Suisun Bay, California, on 2 October 1947 for layup in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. She was sold to National Metal and Steel Corporation, for $49,822.79 on 7 August 1962, for scrapping. She
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USS Clamp


" departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 23 May 2011 to be cleaned at BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair. "Clamp" was towed to Brownsville upon completion of the cleaning and is currently undergoing scrapping. "Clamp" received four battle stars for World War II service. Her crew was eligible for the following medals and ribbons: , "Clamp" is laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. "Clamp" was mentioned in a newspaper article published on 11 February 2008 concerning
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Sem-Yeto


Sem-Yeto, christened Francisco Solano and also known as Chief Solano (), was a famous leader of the Suisunes, a Patwin people of the Suisun Bay region of California. Chief Solano was a notable Native American leader in Alta California because of his alliance, friendship, and eventually the support of his entire tribe to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo of Sonoma, in military and political excursions around Sonoma County and the San Francisco Bay Area. Sem-Yeto, an epithet meaning "brave or fierce hand," was born
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USS Gordonia (AF-43)


day. "Gordonia" was subsequently renamed "Whale Knot" and was berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California. During 1946-1948, she was operated commercially by the Matson Navigation Company, after which she was returned to the Maritime Administration, only to be transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Command. She was returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, California, in early 1949. Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974. "Gordonia
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USS Crater (AK-70)


Pearl Harbor, arriving 24 February. After a voyage to San Pedro, California, "Crater" was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor 25 June 1946, and was transferred to MARCOM the next day. "Crater" was laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, on 26 June 1947, after being transferred to the War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 26 August 1974, she was sold for $466,668 to Seangyong Trading Company, Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, for scrapping. The scrapping
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USS Tulare (AKA-112)


" was decommissioned on 31 March 1986 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 August 1992. "Tulare" was title transferred to MARAD on 1 April 1998 and was stored in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. On 23 November 2011, "Tulare" was sold by MARAD to International Shipbreaking Limited of Brownsville, Texas for $1,138,000 to be dismantled. "Tulare" departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 14 December 2011 to be cleaned of marine growth and loose exterior paint by Allied Defense Recycling at the former Mare Island
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USS Winston (AKA-94)


for inactivation. "Winston" was placed out of commission sometime in November 1969 and, on 17 February 1970, she was transferred to the temporary custody of the Maritime Administration for lay up with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California "Winston" remained berthed at Suisun Bay until 1 September 1976 at which time her name was struck from the Navy List, and her transfer to the Maritime Administration was made permanent. "Winston" was sold for scrap on 15 November 1979 to Apolina Limited, Hong Kong and
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USNS Ponchatoula (T-AO-148)


at the Bridge, then sliding down the starboard side of the ship, buckling the upper deck plates of the "Ponchatoula" to the engine house and damaging the "Chancellorsville's" hurricane bow and sonar dome. "Ponchatoula" was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 August 1992; her title was transferred to MARAD on 1 May 1999 for lay-up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. MARAD listed "Ponchatoula" still at Suisun Bay in February 2007. She was towed
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Inveruglas


flowing down from Loch Sloy. The name of this watercourse is a curious back-formation, since Inveruglas means "the mouth of the Douglas". It may have acquired this name to differentiate it from the Douglas Water a few miles further south. Inveruglas Isle lies in Inveruglas Bay, an inlet of Loch Lomond. The Loch Lomond and Cowal Way starts and finishes at Inveruglas, this long distance waymarked footpath, will take you to Portavadie in the Cowal Peninsula on the east shore of Loch Fyne, 57miles of walking later
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Toronto waterway system


Bay Park East. The Source of the River is the Huber Spring Pond and the basin is 903 km . The Don River is a watercourse in southern Ontario, that empties into Lake Ontario, at Toronto Harbour. Its mouth was just east of the street grid of the town of York, Upper Canada, the municipality that evolved into Toronto, Ontario. The Don is formed from two rivers, the East and West Branches, that meet about 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Lake Ontario while flowing southward into the
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Liguria


considerable depths along its coastline. Except for the Portovenere and Portofino promontories, the coast is generally not very jagged, and is often high. At the mouths of the biggest watercourses are small beaches, but there are no deep bays and natural harbours except at Genoa and La Spezia. The hills lying immediately beyond the coast together with the sea account for a mild climate year-round. Average winter temperatures are and summer temperatures are , which make for a pleasant stay even in the dead of winter. Rainfall can be abundant
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Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet


a small portion of vessels currently remain with the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. In January 2016, the Department of Transportation and MARAD have officially announced the fleet closure in February 2017. All remaining ships will be sold at auction or scrapped. The State of California and several environmental groups have raised concerns about the environmental impacts of the fleet. Potential concerns include heavy metals and anti-fouling agents in the paint that is peeling off of the vessels, as well as PCBs and other hazardous materials that may have been released. Congress
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Roe Island Light


Roe Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse on Roe Island on the east end of Suisun Bay, California. The Roe Island Light was built on Suisun Bay across from Port Chicago, inland from the Golden Gate and five miles (8 km) east of Benicia. In the 1900s, a second dwelling similar to the lighthouse without the lantern were built adjacent to the lighthouse. During World War II, trains delivered ammunition to ships at the Port Chicago Navy Depot, which was from the Roe Island Lighthouse. On 17 July 1944,
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USS Suisun


another Far East tour that lasted until 25 November 1948. From 19 January to 3 March 1949, "Suisun" participated in Operation Micowex 49A. Ports of call were Seattle, Washington and Sitka, Kodiak, and Cold Bay, Alaska. She operated in Alaskan waters again from 6 July 1949 to 18 August 1949, when she returned to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, for an overhaul that lasted into October 1949. She then made a short cruise to Magdalena Bay, Mexico, and returned to San Diego on
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SS Lane Victory


during the conflict moving ammunition and supplies to and from the war zone in Vietnam. On April 29, 1970 "Lane Victory" was laid up again at Suisun Bay for storage in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. During her three-war career, she traveled through the Far East Pacific, made a few transatlantic crossings and one circumnavigation of the globe. Because of the ship's excellent condition in storage at Suisun Bay, the Maritime Administration decided to set aside "Lane Victory" for preservation. President Ronald Reagan signed into
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USS Boulder Victory (AK-227)


Wilmington Group and later transferred to Suisun Bay as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. During 1946 and 1947, "Boulder Victory" was operated by Parry Navigation Company, Inc. She was then inactivated and laid up at Wilmington, North Carolina, until 1951, when she began operations for the Isbrantsen Company, Inc., and then for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. On 29 October 1953, she was transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, at Suisun Bay, California. On 20 May 1957, American President Lines
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San Joaquin River


area. The first recorded non-indigenous person to see the San Joaquin River was Don Pedro Fages in 1772. Fages, accompanied by Father Juan Crespí, reached Mount Diablo near Suisun Bay on March 30 and there gazed upon the merging courses of the Sacramento, San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rivers. Another narrative does not mention Fages' name, but does say that Crespí was the one who reached Suisun Bay in 1772. During this visit, Crespí called the San Joaquin River "El Rio de San Francisco", a name
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SS President Roosevelt (1921)


on the same ship which had carried them from Halifax to Bombay in 1941. The ship reached San Francisco 16 October. Assigned to Operation Magic Carpet, "Joseph T. Dickman" made a voyage to Pearl Harbor, returning to Seattle 2 December 1945. She moved south to San Francisco 13 January 1946. The ship steamed to Suisun Bay in March, decommissioned 7 March, and was returned to the Maritime Commission 22 January 1947, who transferred her to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. She
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USNS Mission Santa Ynez


Suisun Bay as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet from 1975 until April 2010 when a lawsuit forced the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to remove her. The tanker was transported to a ship recycling facility in Brownsville, Texas via the Panama Canal in May 2010 for scrapping by Esco Marine. "Mission Santa Ynez" was laid down 9 September 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Marinship Corporation, Sausalito, California; launched 19 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ralph K. Davies; and delivered 13 March 1944. Chartered to
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USNS Mission Santa Ynez


Ynez" (T-AO-134). Chartered to Mathiasens Tanker Industries, Inc., for operations, she entered the Maritime Administration's Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 6 March 1975. She was the last T-2 tanker extant. Towed from the Maritime reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California on March 31, 2010 headed for dismantling in Texas via the Panama Canal. During her active duty, she was awarded the National Defense Service Medal (twice), the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea
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USS Berrien


She was decommissioned in May 1946, returned to the Maritime Commission on 12 August 1947, and placed in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. She participated in the Fleet Repair Program from 11 July 1955 to 28 October 1955 until returned to Suisun Bay. She was sold as scrap to Zidell Explorations, Inc. on 17 May 1966 and delivered 16 August 1966. "Berrien" received two battle stars for World War II service in the Pacific Theatre. USS Berrien 'News Of The Day' paper. 15 Dec. 1945 USS Berrien Navy
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Sacramento Northern Railway


and MapQuest maps acquired by web searching "Rio Vista CA" shows original SN track and sidings (most now abandoned) at Pittsburg and north of Suisun Bay including the northward turn under the SF & SP to the Suisun Bay shore. The track Rio Vista-Creed is still shown as SN.) At Rio Vista Junction is the present California Electric Railway museum and active electrified track. The electrified Woodland branch line left the Oakland bound main line at West Sacramento and ran straight west toward Woodland (known as the Yolo Shortline
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USS Chawasha (ATF-151)


she took ARD-18 in tow for Pearl Harbor, where she assumed another tow for Balboa. Sailing singly, she arrived in San Diego on 4 June, and entered preinactivation availability and overhaul. "Chawasha" was placed out of commission in reserve at San Pedro on 30 September 1946. "Chawasha" was transferred to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 25 October 1962 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1963. She remained in Suisun Bay until 14 August 1978, when she was returned to the navy to
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Garonne


most distant point (along watercourses from the river mouth) in the drainage basin from which water runs. The Ratera-Saboredo cirque is the "most distant point (along watercourses from the river mouth) in the drainage basin from which water runs", and the source of the Garonne, according to the United States Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution convention upon determining a stream's source. The Garonne follows the Aran Valley northwards into France, flowing via Toulouse and Agen towards Bordeaux, where
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Kororoit Creek


The Kororoit Creek is a watercourse of the Port Phillip catchment, rising in the outer north western suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria. The Kororoit Creek rises below Mount Kororoit, northeast of in the north western outer suburbs of Melbourne. The creek's headwaters are north of at approximately above sea level in ordovician geology. The creek flows generally south by east and passes over the volcanic lava plain of western Melbourne to its mouth at sea level, north of and emptying into Altona Bay within Port Phillip. The
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Petite Rivière de Jacmel


The Petite Rivière de Jacmel is a watercourse running in Haiti through the Sud-Est department and the arrondissement of Jacmel. The Petite Rivière de Jacmel takes its source in the foothills of the mountain range called "Chaîne de la Selle", and set in Hispaniola's Tiburon Peninsula. Over approximately 10 kilometers long, the river then runs Eastwards, to meet South with the Caribbean Sea at the level of its mouth in the bay of the port-city of Jacmel. Along its path in the mountain, the river turns
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USS Procyon (AF-61)


September 1946) under a General Agency Agreement with the Maritime Commission; acquired by the Pacific Far East Lines, Inc., under bare boat charter (5 September 1946 - 19 October 1948); transferred to the General Steamship Corp. 19 October 1948 under a General Agency Agreement; returned to MARAD 26 October 1948 and laid tip at Suisun Bay, California; re-chartered by Pacific Far East Lines 10 December 1948; placed in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay 24 February 1956; acquired by the Navy 8 August 1961 and
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USS Kern (AOG-2)


California from 28 September-30 April 1957. During the late spring and throughout the summer of 1957, she returned to tanker duty for Naval replenishment operations in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. She was again inactivated at San Francisco, California on 1 October 1957. She entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay and remained under MSTS control until 10 April 1958, when she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and transferred to the Maritime Administration. She remained berthed at Suisun Bay, California, until she was sold on 2
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Refugio Creek


Refugio Creek (pronounced from Spanish "refugio" meaning: shelter) is a watercourse running through the Refugio Valley from the hills of western Contra Costa County, California. It runs from the hills to its mouth at San Pablo Bay through the city of Hercules and unincorporated areas, including the town of Rodeo. The creek passes through a dense suburban area in addition to Refugio Valley Park. The creek is almost entirely at the surface level and unaltered although its riparian habitat is largely destroyed in the more developed areas. "Refugio
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Oshawa Creek


Oshawa Creek is a watercourse that flows from its headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine to its mouth on Lake Ontario, at Oshawa, Ontario. It drains a watershed of . In its lowest reaches, in Oshawa, two tributaries, Goodman's Creek and Montgomery Creek, join the watercourse. To the west it borders Lynde Creek, which also has its headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine, and the shorter watercourses Pringle Creek and Corbett Creek. Bowmanville Creek, to the east, also has its headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine
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Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area


The Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay. The San Francisco Bay is one of the largest bays in the world. Many inlets on the edges of the three major bays are designated as bays in their own right, such as Richardson Bay, San Rafael Bay
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Bay Point, California


Bay Point, formerly West Pittsburg, is a census-designated place located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in Contra Costa County, California. Bay Point is just west of Pittsburg, California, and northeast of Concord, California, on the southern shore of Suisun Bay. The population of Bay Point was 21,349 as of 2010. The Pittsburg/Bay Point Station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail system is located adjacent to Bay Point in Pittsburg. The community is traversed by a
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Mankas Corner, California


Mt. Diablo, which is visible to the south across the Suisun Bay estuary, the twin summit of Twin Sisters, which is the high point in the Howell Mountains to the west, and the Blue Ridge of the Vaca Mountains, a prominent escarpment visible to the east. Mankas Corner is named after Christley Manka (1814-1888), who in 1855 bought from John Barton an interest in a store and tavern at that location. It was then the intersection of the Benecia-to-Suisun City stage coach route and
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Rockville, California


Rockville is a small unincorporated community in northern-central Solano County, California, southwest of Fairfield and closest to Cordelia. Yulyul, the main village of the Suisunes (a Patwin people of the Suisun Bay region), is believed to be where Rockville is located today. The main economic activities are farming, tourism, and the large regional Rockville Cemetery. Rockville was the site of a crop circle controversy in 2003, with some initially claiming an extraterrestrial cause. However, some local teenagers later admitted that they had perpetrated the
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Sem-Yeto


about 1798–1800 in the Suisun Bay region of California and lived there the first years of his life. He was baptized at the San Francisco Mission on July 24, 1810, and there christened with the Spanish name "Francisco Solano." The recorder noted he was a Suisun, about 10 to 12 years old (""como de 10 a 12"") with native name Sina, and that his father's native name was Sulapy, and his mother was deceased. It also records both his parents as "gentiles
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California Pacific Railroad


thence to Martinez to Oakland was . The Central Pacific was searching for a shorter route to the Bay Area; the recently completed (1868) California Pacific was the basis for a route of about . In July 1871, the Central Pacific offered to buy the Cal-P but their offer was rejected. Central Pacific announced plans to build a parallel route of the Cal-P but diverging at Suisun via the Suisun Marsh to Benicia. The California Pacific, facing financial and expansion difficulties, finally was sold to the Central Pacific
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Howell Mountains


San Francisco Bay. The range then trends to the north and northwest for about to Howell Mountain, just northeast of St. Helena, California, where it merges with the Mayacamas Mountains. The Vaca Mountains, which are separated from the Howell Mountains by Suisun Valley on the east side, merge with the latter range northeast of St. Helena also. The crest of the range, which culminates at feet in the twin summit of Twin Sisters, represents the divide between the drainage of the Napa River on the west side, and Suisun
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Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area


, Grizzly Bay, and San Leandro Bay. Nearby bays along the Pacific Coast include Bodega Bay, Tomales Bay, Drakes Bay, Bolinas Bay, and Half Moon Bay. The largest rivers are the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which drain into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and thence to Suisun Bay. Other major rivers of the North Bay are the Napa River, the Petaluma River, the Gualala River, and the Russian River; the former two drain into San Pablo Bay, the latter two into the Pacific
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San Francisco Bay Area


earthquake. The Bay Area is home to a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays that predominantly drain into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun estuaries. Major rivers of the North Bay include the Napa River, the Petaluma River, the Gualala River, and the Russian River; the former two drain into San Pablo Bay, the latter two into the Pacific Ocean. In the
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USS Suisun


formal surrender ceremony there on 2 September 1945. She operated in Tokyo Bay until 16 November 1945, when she departed for Pearl Harbor. After calling at Pearl Harbor, she continued on to the United States. "Suisun" arrived at San Francisco, California, on 9 December 1945, then was routed onward to the United States East Coast. She steamed into Norfolk, Virginia, on 3 January 1946, and, after an overhaul, operated along the U.S. East Coast until October 1946. She then was home-ported
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Sem-Yeto


-day town of Sonoma, California, to help build and populate the Mission San Francisco de Solano, along with many of the Suisunes tribe who had grown up at the San Francisco Mission. Mission Solano was the final Franciscan mission north of the San Francisco Bay and built under Mexican rule. Traveling from the San Francisco Mission to the Sonoma Mission was a good move for Suisunes as they were much closer to their homeland at the second mission. In 1835, however, the Mexican government began to close down and secularize the
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Sacramento Northern Railway


reach the SN ferry landing on Suisun Bay. (This track layout and underpass are still shown on a 2009 Google website map of Pittsburg.) The Pittsburg side ferry landing and depot was called "Mallard" by the SN. There a ferry boat (the "Ramon") carried an entire passenger train across to a north side landing near Suisun called "Chipps" on Chipps Island. From here the line proceeded north across an extensive marshland on a long trestle. After the trestle, the tracks continued north through farmland
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Suisun Marsh


This process—the weathering of the parent rock of the Sierra Nevada and Vaca Mountains, transport of the weathered material via rivers and creeks, and ultimate deposition into San Francisco Bay—has taken place over thousands of years and has resulted in the patchwork nature of the marsh. The marsh areas consist of peat soils formed by the decay of emergent plants over time. Originally, Suisun Marsh was a vast stretch of tidal wetlands broken by branching tidal channels and ponds. The area alternately flooded and drained with the rise and fall
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