Bacon Island (California)
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Bacon Island is an island
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
, twenty kilometres east of Antioch
, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton
. The 2200 ha (5,436.3 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.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is Stockton.-History:...
, twenty kilometres east of Antioch
Antioch, California
Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County, California. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland. The city's population was 102,372 at the U.S...
, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
. The 2200 ha (5,436.3 acre) island is bounded on the west by Old River
Old River
Old River may refer to:* Old River * Old River * Old River Places* Old River, CaliforniaOther* Old River Control Structure, connecting the Red River to the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers...
, on the north by Connection Slough, on the east by Middle River
Middle River
-Places:United States*Middle River, Maryland*Middle River, Minnesota*Middle River, TexasCanada*Middle River, British Columbia, formerly Middle River Village, a settlement in the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada-Rivers:...
, and Woodward Island Canal
Woodward Island (California)
Woodward Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California, twenty kilometres east of Antioch, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton. The island is bounded on the west by Old River, on the north by Bacon Island, on the east by Middle River, and...
on the south.