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[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]]


'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''
'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street), August 23, 1915.'''


''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00854.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00854.jpg''


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[[Image:Wnp36.00730 Islais Creek San Bruno near Cortland.jpg]]


'''1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.'''
'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915 '''


''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg''
 
[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]]
 
'''The 3rd Street Bridge over Islais Creek, c. 1920s.'''
 
''Photo: Online Archive of California''
 
[[Image:March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg|792px]]
 
'''Islais Creek east from Bernal Hill, looking north to Potrero Hill.'''
 
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.00729; DPW Book 11, DPW 2272''
 
[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]]
 
'''January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.'''
 
''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.01165.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.01165.jpg''


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Revision as of 14:39, 8 June 2020

"I was there..."

Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg

Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street), August 23, 1915.

photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00854.jpg

Wnp36.00730 Islais Creek San Bruno near Cortland.jpg

Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915

Photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00730.jpg

3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg

The 3rd Street Bridge over Islais Creek, c. 1920s.

Photo: Online Archive of California

March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg

Islais Creek east from Bernal Hill, looking north to Potrero Hill.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.00729; DPW Book 11, DPW 2272

Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg

January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.

photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.01165.jpg

Bernlhts$clam-house.jpg

The Old Clam House at Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave., in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.

photo: Chris Carlsson

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Lifelong Bernal resident George Williams used to beg for bait at the Old Clam House when he played in the swamps as a kid.


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