Brooks Island

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For other uses, see Rocky Island.
For other uses, see Bird Island.
For other uses, see Sheep Island.

Brooks Island is a 65-acre[1] (26.3 ha), mostly flat strip of land extending from a round hill which peaks at 163 feet (50 m).[1] (49.7 m) in San Francisco Bay, located just south of the Richmond Inner Harbor[1] in Richmond, California.

Native American Ohlones[1] lived on the island for over 2,000 years[1] living off the abundant sea creatures. The Europeans conquerors, first the Spaniards and Mexicans and later the Americans used the island as a quarry, sheep farm and even a shrimp factory.[1]

It is now part of the East Bay Regional Park District[1], Brooks Island Regional Shoreline. The islands hosts salt marshes[1], tidal flats and has a rise of 163 feet (49.7 m). It is also a home to many bird species, including herons and egrets and their nesting sites[1]. Some parts of the islands are off limits to visitors seasonal or ever to protect nesting sites.[1] Other names for the island include: Isla de Cármen, Rocky Island, Bird Island, and Sheep Island.[1]

Brooks Island is also a habitat for harbor seals that stop at the island from their nearby rookery on the Castro Rocks.[2]

Park map

Brooks Island is visible in the left hand side of the image across from the Port of Richmond.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brooks Island profile, East Bay Regional Parks District website, retrieved August 3, 2007
  2. ^ vhfmapweb.jpg, Radio tagging map, SFSU, February 2004, retrieved August 4, 2007

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