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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''


'''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''
[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]]


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


[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]
[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]


'''The Old Clam House at Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave., in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.'''   
'''The Old Clam House at [[East Slope Bernal Heights|Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave.]], in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.'''   


''photo: Chris Carlsson''
''photo: Chris Carlsson''


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<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfgwill" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>


'''Lifelong Bernal resident George Williams used to beg for bait at the Old Clam House when he played in the swamps as a kid.'''
'''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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[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]]
[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:Ecology]][[category:Water]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:Bridges]]

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

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfgwill" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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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