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McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a state park and wildlife refuge along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of the East Bay between the cities of Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland. It encompasses remnant natural wetlands , restored wetlands, as well as landfill west of the Eastshore Freeway .
At the time, Shellmound Park was quite an attraction, and was a popular destination for many people from all over the San Francisco Bay Area. With the passage of prohibition in the 1920s, the number of visitors fell off dramatically and the park fell into decline and was sold. The Emeryville Shellmound Memorial at the Bay Street Shopping Center
It is managed as part of Eastshore State Park by the East Bay Regional Park District. [1] The 103.5-acre (41.9 ha) marsh [2] stretches from the eastern approach of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland to the foot of Powell Street in Emeryville. The reserve encompasses the entire Emeryville Crescent Marsh and is named as such for ...
Temescal Creek in Oakland near Cavour Street. Temescal Creek is a perennial stream, and as such, was highly valued by early settlers.At its mouth, the indigenous Ohlone people (Chochen/Huichin band), and their predecessors, built up the shellmound of Emeryville, the largest and most studied shellmound on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay.
A town in Oregon renamed one of its parks after a rotting beached whale carcass town officials exploded 50 years prior. In November 1970, the Oregon Highway Division attempted to dispose of a ...
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The humpback whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. An adult usually ranges between 12–16 m (39–52 ft) long and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 pounds), or 36 tonnes (40 short tons). [3] It is well known for its breaching, its unusually long front fins, and its complex whale song. [4]
The park was subsequently known as "Alameda Memorial Beach" until it was renamed for a local politician, Assemblyman Robert W. Crown (1922 - 1973) who was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street. [a] The current visitor center building was used as the base infirmary. [3] The beach is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. [2]