Schoonmaker Point is a low-lying

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jutting into

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. This area was created by dredge spoils from

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during local Marin Shipyards

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activity during

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. Schoonmaker Point is situated approximately south of the Sausalito/Marin City interchange of U.S. Highway 101 immediately north of Bridgeway Boulevard. The Schoonmaker Point Marina is located here, along with a sand

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.. From Schoonmaker Point there are views of

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and the

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downtown

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. Schoonmaker Point is a readily usable put-in point for

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s accessing San Francisco Bay.Schoonmaker Point access for small boat use of northern San Francisco Bay
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Bay Model, a scale model of the San Francisco Bay, capable of simulating the bay

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. A review of historic aerial photography applicable to Schoonmaker Point was conducted by Earth Metrics, evaluating three stereo photograph pairs;''Environmental Site Assessment, Schoonmaker Point, Sausalito, California'', Earth Metrics report 7979W0, September 27, 1989 the photographs were flown in 1952, 1965, and 1974 by the U.S. Government and are archived by the U.S. Geological Survey. Analysis of the aerial photos showed that, in 1952, the size of Schoonmaker Point was smaller and the site vicinity on Schoonmaker Point was less developed. Schoonmaker Point Marina had not been constructed at this time, and the Bounty Building did not exist at this time. A small parcel to the immediate west of the Schoonmaker Point parking lot had three small structures on it. The buildings presently occupied by Interbay Lumber Hardware to the west of the subject site existed at this time. Clipper Yacht Harbor to the north of Schoonmaker Point had only two piers at this time. In 1965 the Schoonmaker Point peninsula had been extended to the north and east to its present size and Schoonmaker Point Marina has begun operations in this expanded area. Clipper Yacht Harbor has been expanded by several piers. All

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and

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from Schoonmaker Point drain toward the northeast to San Francisco Bay.

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