Bacon Island is an
island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty kilometres east of
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...
, and twenty kilometres west of
Stockton.
The island is bounded on the west by
Old River Old River may refer to:
* Old River (Belize)
* Old River (Tasmania), Australia
* The Old River, in the Australian state of Victoria
In the United States:
* Old River (Clay County, Arkansas) a lake in Clay County, Arkansas
* Old River (Cross Co ...
, on the north by Connection Slough, on the east by
Middle River, and
Woodward Island Canal on the south.
It is in
San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County ( ; , meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton.
San Jo ...
, and managed by
Reclamation District 2028.
It appears on 1913 and 1952
United States Geological Survey
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maps of the area.
The island is owned by the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a regional wholesaler and the largest supplier of treated water in the United States. The name is usually shortened to "Met," "Metropolitan," or "MWD." It is a cooperative of fourteen cit ...
.
See also
*
List of islands of California
This list of islands of California is organized into sections, generally arranged from north to south. The islands within each section are listed in alphabetical order.
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists 527 named islands in th ...
References
Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Islands of Northern California
Islands of San Joaquin County, California
Islands of California
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