Coon Island (California)
Appearance
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Geography | |
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 38°11′33″N 122°19′24″W / 38.19250°N 122.32333°W[1] |
Adjacent to | Napa River |
Highest elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m)[1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | ![]() |
County | Napa |
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Coon Island is an island in the Napa River, upstream of San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] It is in Napa County, California, and managed as part of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area.[19][20] Its coordinates are 38°11′33″N 122°19′24″W / 38.19250°N 122.32333°W[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 3 ft (0.91 m) in 1981.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coon Island
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- ^ "Fishing Party". The St. Helena Star. St. Helena, California. 1920-10-01. p. 4.
- ^ "Are securing more data on U.S. project on Napa River". Napa Journal. Napa, California. 1933-05-18. p. 1.
- ^ "Well-Known Vallejo Yachtsman Dies on River Fishing Trip". Napa Journal. Napa, California. 1940-09-25. p. 1.
- ^ "The stripers are running". Napa Journal. Napa, California. 1949-09-04. p. 4.
- ^ "Fight Mapped Against New County Gnat". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1953-07-22. p. 1.
- ^ "Here's the Pitch". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1953-12-17. p. 10.
- ^ "Daily Real Estate Transcript". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1955-04-02. p. 2.
- ^ "Fisherman Found Safe". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1965-03-04. p. 1.
- ^ "Planners To Consider River Policy". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1967-04-28. p. 13.
- ^ "County Marsh To DFG". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1975-10-17. p. 1.
- ^ "Fish and Game Commission Proposed Coon Island Ecological Reserve, Napa County". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1975-12-13. p. 14.
- ^ "Summary of the Minutes of the Board of Supervisors of Napa County". The St. Helena Star. St. Helena, California. 1976-01-29. p. 7.
- ^ "Looking into Napa's past and present". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1983-01-08. p. 28.
- ^ "Where to go to enjoy the outdoors". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1989-12-28. p. 10.
- ^ "Grizzly Island has multiple uses". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 1996-09-27. p. 12.
- ^ "Napa Valley blessed with great number of wildlife". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. 2002-10-10. p. 12.
- ^ "Directional Map Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area". California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region. May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ URS Corporation (May 2019). "Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area Land Management Plan". California Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 26 February 2021.