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The Old River is a tidal distributary of the San Joaquin River that flows for about 40 miles (64 km) through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California. The Old River was once the main channel of the San Joaquin until navigation ( Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel ) and flood control projects in the late 19th and 20th ...
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]
Victoria Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Stockton. [1] The 7,200-acre (2,900 ha) island is bounded on the north by North Victoria Canal, on the northeast by Middle River, on the southeast by Victoria Canal, and on the south- and southwest Old River.
The San Joaquin River throughout most of the Delta and the lower Sacramento River below its connection to the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel are routinely dredged to allow the passage of large cargo ships. The Sacramento River corridor has been maintained to a depth of 7 ft (2.1 m) as early as 1899, and was deepened to 30 ft (9.1 m) in 1955.
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. [19] It is the most populous city in the county, the 11th-most populous city in California and the 60th-most populous city in the United States.
It led through what afterward was known as Georgiana Slough, which connects the Sacramento River with the San Joaquin River through the Mokelumne River. [9]: 14 [10] In May 1850, the Georgiana pioneered the route from Stockton up the San Joaquin River and Tuolumne River to Tuolumne City.
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Stockton California 2012 aerial view Postcard from 1909 Weber Ave, Stockton in background Stockton Channel in 1890 with Masonic Temple in background Stockton Channel 1921. Stockton Channel (or Stockton Waterfront) is a waterway in California's Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.