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Richmond Inner Harbor is a deepwater body of water in
Richmond, California Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a city council.
.


History

The harbor lies between Ferry Point and Point Isabel, between the mainland and
Brooks Island Brooks Island Regional Preserve includes both the of Brooks Island above the low-tide line and of the surrounding bay. The only public access to the island is via an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour. Brooks Island is a mostly fla ...
in western
Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...
along the East Bay's northern East Shore. The harbor provides excellent protection as it lies protected by Brooks Island an extensive breakwater inside the already protected
San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water f ...
. The harbour connects to the Santa Fe Channel and its chanellets in addition to the Richmond Marina Bay and Campus Bay.
Baxter Creek Baxter Creek or Stege Creek
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and Meeker Slough Creek's mouths and deltas drain into the harbor.


See also

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Richmond Shipyards The four Richmond Shipyards, in the city of Richmond, California, United States, were run by Permanente Metals and part of the Kaiser Shipyards. In World War II, Richmond built more ships than any other shipyard, turning out as many as three shi ...


References

Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area Geography of Richmond, California San Francisco Bay Transportation in Contra Costa County, California Ports and harbors in the San Francisco Bay Area {{ContraCostaCountyCA-geo-stub