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Belvedere is a residential incorporated city located on the San Francisco Bay in Marin County, California, United States. [10] Consisting of two islands and a lagoon, it is connected to the Tiburon Peninsula by two causeways.
Belvedere Island (formerly, El Potrero de la Punta del Tiburon, Kashow's Island, Peninsula Island, Promontory Island, and Still Island) [1] is a rocky island in the San Francisco Bay in Marin County, California which was formerly separated by a marsh from the mainland, though has since been linked by two spits.
The Tiburon Peninsula is a landform of the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County and is home to the incorporated municipalities of Tiburon, Belvedere, and a portion of Corte Madera, California. [2] Much of the peninsula is unincorporated, [3] including portions of the north side and the communities of Paradise Cay and Strawberry.
Belvedere and Tiburon share a post office, [12] library [13] and recreation agency. [14] The city's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark". The name was first given to the peninsula on which the city is situated, and probably inspired by the prevalence of locally native leopard sharks in the surrounding
In the past, it was a branch of Mission San Rafael. The Tiburon and Belvedere Landmark Society have taken efforts to refurbish and decorate the inside. [6] However, its function as an active Catholic church has been replaced by the new “St. Hilary’s Church”, hence the “Old” in its name. [10]
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Belvedere Lagoon is an artificial lagoon on San Francisco Bay in Belvedere in Marin County, California. Narrow strips of land separate it from Richardson Bay (to the northwest) and Raccoon Strait . The lagoon is owned and maintained by the Belvedere Lagoon Property Owners' Association .
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