Eastside Canal is an irrigation
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...
in
Kern County
Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield.
Kern County compris ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. It originates from a common diversion at Manor Street in
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.
Bakersfield's population as of the ...
, which also serves the
Carrier Canal and
Kern Island Canal Kern Island Canal is an irrigation canal in Kern County, California. It primarily irrigates farmland located on the Kern Lakebed, south of Bakersfield. It originates from a common diversion at Manor Street in Bakersfield, which also supplies the Ca ...
. The common diversion originates from the
Kern River
The Kern River is an Endangered, Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. state of California, approximately long. It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between ...
, about south of
Gordon's Ferry. The canal terminates south of Bear Mountain Boulevard (
SR 223), just west of
Arvin.
[Darling, Curtis. ''Kern County Place Names''. The Kern County Historical Society. 2003. . Page: 73.]
From the common diversion, the canal travels south, roughly parallel to the Kern Island Canal. After crossing
SR 178 (Crosstown Freeway), it turns southeast. It continues southeast, running through the center of Lake Street. At Williams Street, the canal shifts south following the
Union Pacific Railroad's right-of-way. At Canal Street, the canal crosses the railroad tracks, but continues to travel southeast. At Fairfax Road, it turns south. It continues traveling roughly south, until it terminates near Arvin.
References
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Canals of Kern County, California