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]
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References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bacon Island
^ "Bond Men Visit Phillips Company's Island Holdings" . The Evening Mail . Stockton, California. 1913-01-11. p. 6.
^ Woodward Island, Bacon Island, Page 036 (San Joaquin County 1911) Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy
^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ United States Geological Survey (1952). "Woodward Island Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey . 1:24000.
^ "MWD | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" .
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