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Brooks Island Regional Preserve
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April 19, 2019
A 65-acre (26ha) island in San Francisco Bay south of Richmond, protected as part of the Brooks Island Regional Shoreline. The Bay’s least known island is a 373-acre, mostly flat strip of land just off the Richmond shoreline in East Bay. It’s now a natural preserve that’s home to two caretakers and much avian wildlife. Before the arrival of the Spanish and the Americans, native peoples lived on the island for about 2,000 years, subsisting on the abundance of fish and shellfish in the tidal flats between it and the mainland. Through the years Brooks also functioned as a quarry, sheep farm, and shrimp factory. It’s now a part of the East Bay Regional Parks District, perhaps the best park system of its kind in North America. Visits to Brooks are permitted, although you have to make your own arrangements to get there. Things to see include the island’s salt marshes, tidal flats, sandy shoreline and the fine panoramic view from atop its tallest place, a 163-foot rise.
A 65-acre (26ha) island in San Francisco Bay south of Richmond, protected as part of the Brooks Island Regional Shoreline. The Bay’s least known island is a 373-acre, mostly flat strip of land just off the Richmond shoreline in East Bay. It’s now a natural preserve that’s home to two caretakers and…
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1316 Canal Blvd
Richmond, CA