Bacon Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty kilometres east of Antioch, and twenty kilometres west of Stockton.[2] The 2,200 ha (5,400-acre) island is bounded on the west by Old River, on the north by Connection Slough, on the east by Middle River, and Woodward Island Canal on the south.[3] It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 2028.[4] It appears on 1913 and 1952 United States Geological Survey maps of the area.[5][6]
Bacon Island Bacon Island Bacon Island | |
Geography | |
---|---|
Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°58′36″N 121°33′08″W / 37.976590°N 121.552174°W[1] |
Adjacent to | San Joaquin River |
Administration | |
State | California |
County | Sacramento |
The island is owned by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.[7]