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tribes inhabiting the local area since about 4000 BC, the earliest recorded history of the
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Fruitvale Bay Trail Park: A Feasibility Study and Design
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867:Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel
55:A view over the estuary from above
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1214:Crissy Field
1173:Sierra Point
1153:Point Isabel
1133:Seal Islands
1098:Hooks Island
1083:Castro Rocks
990:SF Bay Trail
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1564:Delta smelt
1362:High Street
1352:Park Street
1327:Golden Gate
1259:Steinberger
1234:Napa Sonoma
1158:Foster City
1143:Albany Bulb
1113:The Sisters
1088:Coast Guard
1048:Yerba Buena
1014:Islands and
672:Schoolhouse
667:San Lorenzo
662:San Leandro
602:San Joaquin
581:Mission Bay
546:Grizzly Bay
541:Golden Gate
476:Hydrography
331:liveaboards
242:service to
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1693:Categories
1614:Reber Plan
1539:Marincello
1482:(proposed)
1322:(inactive)
1244:Salt ponds
1016:peninsulas
872:Watersheds
822:Reservoirs
807:Strawberry
712:San Rafael
647:Codornices
607:Sacramento
526:Suisun Bay
379:References
301:Facilities
280:Posey Tube
232:marshlands
77:California
1424:Ports and
1357:Fruitvale
1342:Carquinez
1314:Dumbarton
1280:and tubes
1269:Westpoint
1073:Belvedere
891:Parks and
782:San Pablo
692:San Mateo
617:Guadalupe
590:Waterways
462:watershed
323:USS
258:Crossings
1677:Category
1382:Transbay
1209:Cordelia
1194:Baylands
1187:Wetlands
1108:Red Rock
1068:Bay Farm
1033:Alcatraz
742:Alhambra
677:Temescal
622:Petaluma
236:dredging
87:and the
1544:Ecology
1499:History
1426:marinas
1392:Ferries
1347:Leimert
1337:Antioch
1287:Bridges
1278:Bridges
1219:Hoffman
1204:Chelsea
1199:Belmont
1078:Brother
1028:Alameda
792:Wildcat
777:Karlson
767:Garrity
757:Refugio
737:Pacheco
687:Redwood
642:Cerrito
632:Alameda
481:Ecology
469:Outline
325:Potomac
85:Alameda
81:Oakland
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67:is the
1665:Portal
1264:Suisun
1224:Meeker
1058:Brooks
812:Easton
787:Castro
762:Pinole
722:Novato
717:Miller
697:Sonoma
682:Sausal
637:Baxter
597:Rivers
571:Former
224:cattle
220:lumber
216:stream
134:2miles
69:strait
1492:Other
1372:Tubes
1254:Stege
1229:Mowry
1093:Greco
1053:Minor
1038:Angel
772:Rheem
752:Rodeo
747:Adobe
727:Tolay
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