adjacent to Tomales Bay.JPG thumb The former grade of the narrow gauge railway narrow gauge North Pacific Coast Railroad follows the east shore of the bay. TomalesBay is a long narrow inlet of the Pacific ... 30 miles 48 km northwest of San Francisco . The bay forms the eastern boundary of Point Reyes National Seashore . TomalesBay is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries ... onto Bodega Bay , which shelters it from the direct current of the Pacific. The bay is formed along a submerged portion of the San Andreas Fault . Oyster farming is a major industry on the bay. The two largest producers are TomalesBay Oyster Co and Hog Island Oyster Co, both of which retail oysters to the public and have picnic grounds on the east shore. Hillsides east of TomalesBay are grazed by cows belonging to local dairies. There is also grazing land west of the bay, on farms and ranches leased from Point Reyes National Seashore. The bay sees significant amounts of water sports including sailing, kayaking, and motorboating. Watercraft may be launched on TomalesBay from the public boat ramp at Nick s Cove, north of Marshall. There is a 5 fee. The sand bar at the mouth of TomalesBay is notoriously dangerous, with a long history of small boat accidents. Towns bordering TomalesBay ... of the mouth of the bay, and Tomales, California Tomales just to the east. History The area ... Trans Anglo Books ISBN 87046 010 2 ref TomalesBay State Park was formed to preserve some of the bay ... Bay State Park accessdate 2008 01 07 ref The Ramsar Convention signed in 1971, listed TomalesBay ... center. References Image Tomalesbay01.jpg thumb 250px View of TomalesBay towards the north. reflist External links http www.parks.ca.gov default.asp?page id 470 TomalesBay SP http www.parks.ca.gov ... Marconi Conference Center See also Drakes Bay Hog Island TomalesBay Nova Albion Pacific herring ... Category West Marin Category Wetlands of the San Francisco Bay Area es Bah a Tomales ... more details
Image MCB TomalesBay SP.jpg 240px right thumb TomalesBay from Heart s Desire Beach, TomalesBay State Park TomalesBay State Park is a California state park in Marin County , California. It consists of approximately 2,000 acres 8 km divided between two areas, one on the west side of TomalesBay and the other on the east side. The main area, on the west, is part of the Point Reyes peninsula, and adjacent to Point Reyes National Seashore , which is operated by the U.S. National Park Service . The park is approximately 40 miles 64 km north of San Francisco, California San Francisco . History The area was the habitat of the Coast Miwok people for several thousand years before the arrival of Europeans. Great Britain British explorer Sir Francis Drake landed in the area in 1579 . About 25 years later, Spain Spanish explorer Sebasti n Vizca no landed in the area and named it La Punta de Los Tres Reyes Point of the Three Kings , a reference to the Feast of the Three Kings . The name was later anglicized to Point Reyes. Most of Point Reyes remained undeveloped because of its remote location the main part of the peninsula hosts a number of agricultural uses, particularly dairy operations. Some of the beach areas on TomalesBay began to be purchased by private parties, and in order to secure public access to the Bay, conservation movement conservation groups and the state of California also purchased property, and the state park was opened on November 8, 1952. When most of the rest of Point Reyes was incorporated into Point Reyes National Seashore, TomalesBay State Park remained in the state park system. Facilities The west area of the park contains four beach areas Indian ..., including two reconstructed Miwok dwellings. Proposed for closure TomalesBay State Park is one ... Proposal ref See also List of California state parks References TomalesBay State Park 2002 California ... Category West Marin Category San Francisco Bay Area beaches Category Protected areas established ... more details
sqmi km2 1 abbr on , all land. History When Europeans first reached TomalesBay, it was home to Coast ... links http www.tomales.com Tomales website WestMarin Marin County, California SF Bay Area Category Census designated places in Marin County, California Category West Marin bg ca Tomales es Tomales nl Tomales pt Tomales vo Tomales ...Infobox Settlement official name Tomales settlement type census designated place image skyline Tomales.jpg imagesize image caption Tomales, viewed from the northeast image seal image map Marin County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Tomales Highlighted.svg mapsize 250x200px map caption Location in Marin County, California Marin County and the state of California image map1 mapsize1 ... 236439 Tomales ref timezone DST PDT utc offset DST 7 postal code type ZIP code postal code 94971 area ... http www.tomales.com Tomales formerly, Tomalles ref name CGN California s Geographic Names 714 ... employer in Tomales is Tomales High School , which has a student body of approximately 190. Geography Tomales is located above Keys Creek, about convert 3 mi km 0 abbr on northeast of TomalesBay . The nearest city is Petaluma, California Petaluma , about 24 minutes away by automobile, and the nearest ... Utumia sited near the present day town of Tomales. ref name miwok cite web url http www.accessgenealogy.com ... 2007 12 02 ref The Tomalles post office opened in 1854, and changed its name to Tomales before 1879. ref name CGN Starting in the 1870s, Tomales was a stop on the North Pacific Coast Railroad ... Andreas Fault , Tomales was affected by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . One of the town s two ... the quake s effects were. Much of the 2001 movie Bandits was filmed in and around Tomales, ref cite ... Mumford 1999 , ref http www.filminamerica.com PacificNorthwest NCA MarinCounty Tomales filminamerica.com ... The 2010 United States Census ref USCensus 2010CA ref reported that Tomales had a population of 204 ... more details
About Tomales High coord 38 14 51 N 122 53 43 W type edu region US CA source gnis display title notes ref gnis 2517876 ref refimprove date November 2009 Tomales High School is located in the town of Tomales, California . It is the comprehensive high school for the Shoreline Unified School District. It serves the rural communities stretching from the southern communities of Point Reyes Station, California Point Reyes Station and Inverness, California Inverness running north past the fishing port of Bodega Bay to the mouth of the Russian River California Russian River , a distance of nearly convert 50 mi km 0 and widens convert 13 mi km 0 east from the west coast. Tomales High School draws its students from approximately convert 450 sqmi km2 2 . The current campus was built in 1969 and was remodeled in 2011. Tomales High School has a current student population of about 200 students. The student body is 49 White, 49 Hispanic, and 2 African American Other. The faculty includes 20 certificated employees made up of 15 full time teachers, 4 part time teachers and one counselor. The school also has one full time special day class teacher, a resource specialist, and one English Language Learner staff member. Student to teacher ratio averages 15 1. Athletics Football The Braves have been dominant over the past 20 years making the NCS playoffs 20 out of 21 seasons since 1991. The Braves have won 5 NCS titles 1983,1995,1998,2001,2002 and have been section runner up 5 times 1992,2004,2006,2010,2011 . Currently the Braves have won 6 straight NCL II league titles 2006 2011 and have gone 36 0 1 in that stretch. Head Coach Leon Feliciano was named the 2011 North Coast Section Honor Coach. Since 1996 he has gone 118 56 4. Basketball Boys Howard Wilson has served as head coach since 2011 12, after winning 3 JV league titles 2008,2010,2011 Girls Chris Kenyon serves as head coach, and has turned the underachieving program into a championship program. The girls won the 2011 NCS Division 6 ... more details
Rancho Bolsa de Tomales was a Ranchos of California Mexican land grant in present day Marin County, California Marin County and Sonoma County, California given in 1846 by Governor P o Pico to Juan Nepomuceno Padilla . ref Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , Numa Hubert, San Francisco ref The name means the Pool of the Tomales Indians, which referred to Burbank s Lake. The grant extended along the Pacific coast from Estero de San Antonio south to Walker Creek Marin County, California Walker Creek , and encompassed present day Tomales, California Tomales . Stemple Creek tranversed the property. ref http content.cdlib.org ark 13030 hb900008m0 ?&brand oac Dise o del Rancho Bolsa de Tomales ref ref http www.chezbabcock.com genealogy maps maringrants.html Original Mexican Land Grants in Marin County ref ref http www.co.marin.ca.us depts lb main crm maps MarinRanchosMap.swf Marin County Ranchos ref The land claim was rejected as fraudulent by the US Supreme Court . History Juan Nepomuceno Padilla 1824&ndash came from Mexico to California. Padilla was elected as the List of pre statehood mayors of San Francisco alcalde of Yerba Buena town Yerba Buena in 1845. Padilla was involved in a dispute with Jos de la Cruz S nchez and his brother Francisco Sanchez politician Francisco Sanchez , over the position. In 1845, Pio Pico awarded Padilla the four square league Rancho Roblar de la Miseria , in Sonoma County, California Sonoma County and later, the five square league Rancho Bolsa de Tomales ... In 1849, Padilla sold Rancho Bolsa de Tomales to Felix Berreyesa and Jesus Molina. In 1850 Padilla ... de Tomales ref With the Mexican Cession cession of California to the United States following ... be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Bolsa de Tomales was filed with the Public ... California history Category California ranchos Bolsa de Tomales Category Ranchos of Marin County ... more details
Rancho Tomales y Baulines was a convert 9468 acre km2 sing on Ranchos of California Mexican land grant in present day Marin County, California given in 1836 by Governor Nicol s Guti rrez to Rafael Garcia. ref Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , Numa Hubert, San Francisco ref The grant extended south from Point Reyes Station, California Point Reyes Station along the Olema Valley and encompassed present day Olema, California Olema and Garcia, California Garcia . ref http content.cdlib.org ark 13030 hb2t1nb0xm ?&brand oac Dise o del Rancho Tomales y Baulines ref ref http www.co.marin.ca.us depts lb main crm maps MarinRanchosMap.swf Map of Marin County Ranchos ref ref http www.chezbabcock.com genealogy maps maringrants.html Original Mexican Land Grants in Marin County ref History Rafael Garcia 1799 1866 married Maria Loreto Altamirano in 1827. Garcia was a corporal stationed at Mission San Rafael Arc ngel Mission San Rafael and was the first settler to occupy the area around Bolinas Lagoon in 1834. To allow his brother in law, Gregorio Briones, to have Rancho Las Baulines , Garcia moved north up the Olema Valley to Olema, and was granted the two square league Rancho Tomales y Baulines in 1836. Garcia gained juridical possession of this land from the authorities in Sonoma, California Sonoma . ref name AGoodLife cite book last Livingston first Dewey title A Good Life Dairy Farming in the Olema Valley publisher National Park Service location San Francisco date 1995 pages 419 url http www.archive.org stream goodlifedairyfar00livirich goodlifedairyfar00livirich djvu.txt ref In 1843, Garcia ... Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Tomales y Baulines was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852 ... title California history Category California ranchos Tomales y Baulines Category Ranchos of Marin County, California Tomales y Baulines Category Golden Gate National Recreation Area Category West Marin ... more details
About the geographical feature other uses Bay disambiguation File San Sebastian aerea.jpg thumb The bay at San Sebasti n , Spain File Bay of Bengal map.png thumb The Bay of Bengal in South Asia File DirkvdM baracoa panorama.jpg thumb The bay of Baracoa , Cuba File zmir Bay.jpg thumb The bay of zmir , in Turkey A bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea formed by an inlet of land due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave waves and often reducing winds . ref cite web title http www.yourdictionary.com bay url http www.yourdictionary.com bay accessdate 24 March 2012 ref Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond . A large bay may be called a Gulf geography gulf , a sea , a sound geography sound , or a bight geography bight . A cove is a circular or oval coast al inlet with a narrow entrance some coves may be referred to as bays. Bays were significant in the history of human settlement because they can provide a safe place for fishing . Later they were important in the development of sea trade as the safe anchor age they provide encouraged their selection as port s. ref name fenh Any bay may contain fish and other sea creatures or be adjacent to other bays. For example, James Bay is adjacent to Hudson Bay . Large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and the Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology . Formation There are various ways that bays can be created. The largest bays have developed as a result of continental drift . ref name fenh Cite book title ... bays formed. These include the Gulf of Guinea , Persian Gulf , Gulf of Alaska , Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Bengal which is the largest bay in the world. ref name fenh Another way bays are formed is via glacial and river erosion. ref name fenh If formed by glaciers a bay is known as a fjord . Ria ... headland s. The Gulf of California is an example of a bay created by the geological process of folding. See also Bay platform Great capes Headlands and bays References Reflist Coastal geography Category ... more details
About the department store the bay in San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area all other uses Bay disambiguation Citations missing date June 2009 Infobox company company name The Bay company logo File The Bay logo.jpg 150px company type Division business Division foundation 1670 Hudson s Bay Company HBC incorporated by Royal Charter br 1881 HBC opens its first department store br 1964 Chain rebranded as the Bay ... Partners parent Hudson s Bay Company homepage URL www.thebay.com File Simpson Tower.JPG thumb Simpson Tower , headquarters The Bay is a chain of 91 department store s that operate across parts of Canada . It is the main brand of Hudson s Bay Company HBC , North America s oldest company. ref http www.canadianaconnection.com ... . ref http www.hbc.com hbc about contacts Contacts . Hudson s Bay Company . Retrieved on 7 July ... merchandise. The Bay can be compared to U.S. retailers Macy s and Nordstrom . The average store ... span many stories high and carry a much broader range and selection of goods than The Bay stores ...?ID 12173&m Bay 2C Queen Street 2C The ref Toronto has another smaller flagship store on Bloor Street East. History The origin of the Hudson s Bay Company s department store format can be traced ... proper name Hudson s Bay Company . From 1881 up until 1960, all Hudson s Bay Company stores were located ... to the Hudson s Bay Company brand the ones in Quebec kept the name Morgan s. Image La Baie.svg right 150px thumb The French version of the logo In 1964, all Hudson s Bay Company stores were rebranded as the Bay . The Quebec stores continued under the Morgan name until 1972, when the HBC converted them to la Baie . The Bay further expanded its presence between 1989 and 1991 in Eastern Canada ... store. In 1991, Hudson s Bay Company stopped selling Fur clothing fur . ref http archives.cbc.ca IDC 1 73 545 2740 20 that was then politics economy hudsons bay fur trade Hudson s Bay Company ... Mink , and Grosvenor, are included in the highly successful Hudson s Bay Company Fur Salons. Pharmamart ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name A BayBay Cover ABayBay.jpg Artist Hurricane Chris rapper Hurricane Chris from Album 51 50 Ratchet Released May 28, 2007 Format CD single br Music download Digital download small global small br 12 inch single Vinyl single Recorded 2006 Genre Hip hop music Hip hop Length 5 03 Label J Records J Writer Chris Dooley Jr. Producer Phunk Dawg Certification Platinum small Recording Industry Association of America RIAA small Last single This single A BayBay br 2007 Next single The Hand Clap br 2007 A BayBay is a song by American rapper Hurricane Chris rapper Hurricane Chris from his debut studio album , 51 50 Ratchet . It was released on May 28, 2007 as the lead single from the album. The song was written by Hurricane Chris, and produced by Phunk Dawg. ref http www.billboard.com bbcom bio index.jsp?pid 867767 Artist biography Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009. ref ref http www.myspace.com hurricane MySpace.com Hurricane Chris 51 50 Ratchet IN STORES NOW Shreveport, Louisiana Rap Hip Hop www.myspace.com hurricane Bot generated title ref ref name usatoday.com http www.usatoday.com life music news 2007 07 16 hurricane chris N.htm Hurricane Chris takes hip hop scene like a storm USATODAY.com Bot generated title ref Chart performance The song debuted at number ninety five on the Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 on June 2007. ref Jonathan Cohen, http www.billboard.com bbcom news article display.jsp?vnu content id Umbrella Reigns Again Atop Hot 100 , Billboard.com, June 14, 2007. ref On its second week, it rose at number eighty five, on its third week, the song jumped at number twenty four on the chart. ref Jonathan Cohen, http ... & Park . According to Billboard , the phrase A BayBay is heard in this song a total of sixty seven ... Page http www.youtube.com hurricanechris Hurricane Chris Official YouTube Channel DEFAULTSORT BayBay, A Category 2007 singles Category Hurricane Chris songs Category Debut singles Category Singles ... more details
At The Bay is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield . It was first published the London Mercury in January 1922, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories . ref Katherine Mansfield, Selected Stories , Oxford World s Classics, explanatory notes ref Plot summary I The shepherd is with his dog on Crescent Bay. II Stanley Burnell goes for a swim early morning, and Jonathan Trout is there the two men wanted to be the first in the water, and Jonathan expresses sympathy for Stanley. III Aunt Beryl tells Kezia not to play with her food. Stanley leaves for work, to the women s relief. IV Out in the countryside, Kezia helps Lottie with the stile to Isabel s disapproval. The Samuel Josephs children are said to be rowdy and they don t play with them any more. Then they come upon Rags and Pip, and the latter shows them a nemeral he has found in the sand. V At the beach, Aunt Beryl joins Mrs Kember, of whom Mrs Fairfield disapproves. Beryl gets changed in front of her friend. VI Linda is alone in the bungalow. She thinks back of when she was living in Tasmania with her parents, of how her father said they would go down a river in China , of how her father agreed on her marrying Stanley whom she loves for being soft underneath the veneer. Her baby boy comes along and she says she feels no motherly love for him he keeps on smiling, then plays with his toes. VII After a description of the seashore, Mrs Fairfield and Kezia are taking an afternoon nap in the bungalow. The grandmother is thinking of Uncle William, one of her sons who died of sunstroke while working as a miner Kezia asks her if she is sad, then attempts to make the grandmother promise never to die. VIII Alice visits Mrs Stubbs in town the latter shows her photographs, then talks about how her husband died of dropsy , and adds that freedom is best . IX Kezia, Lottie and Isabel are playing a card game similar ... become clear. XIII A brief description of the bay. Characters The Shepherd Stanley Burnell Linda ... more details
for the bay in Costa Rica Drakes Bay, Costa Rica Image Wpdms usgs photo drakes bay large.jpg thumb Drakes Bay Drakes Bay is a small Headlands and bays bay on the coast of northern California in the United States , approximately 30 miles 48 km northwest of San Francisco at approximately 38th parallel north 38 degrees north latitude . ref name gnis gnis 222586 Drakes Bay ref The bay is approximately 8 miles 13 km wide. It is formed on the lee side of the coastal current by Point Reyes . The bay is fed by Drake s Estero , an expansive estuary on the Point Reyes peninsula. The estuary is protected by Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve & Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area . Point Reyes State Marine Reserve & Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area lie within Drakes Bay. Like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. The bay is named after Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake and has long been considered Drake s most likely landing spot on the west coast of North America during his circumnavigation of the world by sea in 1579. An alternative name for this bay is Puerto De Los Reyes. ref name gnis Panorama image File Drake s Beach panorama.jpg height 230 caption View of Drakes Bay from Drake s beach See also New Albion TomalesBay Drake s Plate of Brass References reflist External links http www.ptreyeslight.com stories june28 01 drakes estero.html Shifting sandbars match Drake s descriptions of landing site http www.mcn.org 2 oseeler name.htm Francis Drake The Naming of Drakes Bay coord 38 0 43 N 122 55 9 W display title WestMarin SF Bay Area Category Bays of California Category Landforms of Marin County, California Category Landforms of the San Francisco Bay Area Category West Marin de Drakes Bay es Bah a Drakes he ... more details
Rumiantsev Point Rumiantsev While Tomales Point was named Point Great Bodega and TomalesBay Great ...for the census designated place Bodega Bay, California Infobox NRHP name Bodega Bay nrhp type hd image caption nearest city Bodega Bay, California locmapin California built 1811 architect OR builder added ... version 2010a ref Image Wpdms usgs photo bodega bay.jpg 150px right thumb Bodega Bay and Bodega Harbor Image Bodega Bay viewed from Dillon Beach, CA.jpg 150px right thumb Bodega Bay viewed from Dillon Beach Bodega Bay is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California ... of Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa . The bay straddles the boundary between Sonoma County, California Sonoma County to the north and Marin County, California Marin County to the south. Bodega Bay ... Harbor and is separated from the main bay by a jetty . The San Andreas Fault runs parallel to the coastline ... Plate . The village of Bodega Bay, California Bodega Bay sits on the east side of Bodega Harbor. The bay connects on its south end to the mouth of TomalesBay . Streams flowing into Bodega Bay include the Estero de San Antonio and the Estero Americano . Accessible beaches on Bodega Bay include Doran ... Sonoma County Regional Parks ref Apart from the harbor, all of Bodega Bay lies within the boundaries ... of the Americas native Americans lived on the shores of Bodega Bay. Documented village names include ... that Bodega Bay may have been Sir Francis Drake s Nova Albion landing location on the California ... in 1579 accessdate 2009 08 21 ref Present day Bodega Bay was first charted in 1775 by the Spanish Peruvian explorer of the Spanish Navy Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra , but the bay that was originally named for him was not present day Bodega, but TomalesBay. His ship, the Sonora , anchored in the lee of Tomales Point on October 3, 1775, departing the next day. Bodega y Quadra named TomalesBay Puerto de la Bodega . There is no evidence in the journal or on the charts that Bodega y Quadra ... more details
Bay Colony may refer to Massachusetts Bay Colony Bay Colony Railroad Bay Colony 1701 , a locomotive Bay Colony Stadium disambiguation de Bay Colony ... more details
Sandy Bay can refer to Sandy Bay, Gibraltar Sandy Bay, Hong Kong Sandy Bay, Tasmania , Australia Sandy Bay, Cape Town , South Africa Sandy Bay, Jamaica Sandy Bay, Manitoba , Canada Sandy Bay, Nicaragua Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan , Canada Sandy Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Sandy Bay Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Sandy Bay, Saint Helena Sandy Bay, Rockport , Massachusetts Sandy Bay, Falkland Islands geodis ... more details
Bay Islands may refer to Bay Islands Department , Honduras Southern Moreton Bay Islands , Queensland, Australia See also Bay of Islands Bay of Isles Island Bay, Wellington Little Bay Islands disambig geo ... more details
Deep Bay may refer to Deep Bay, British Columbia , Canada Deep Bay, Hong Kong , China Deep Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada See also Deep Bay crater Deep Bay Water Aerodrome Deep Water Bay geodis ... more details
Grand Bay is the name of more than one place Communities Grand Bay, Alabama , United States Grand Bay, Dominica officially known as Berekua Grand Bay, Grenada , a village in Carriacou island. Grand Bay, Mauritius Grand Bay Westfield , New Brunswick, Canada Water bodies Grand Bay Georgia , a swamp in the United States Grand Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador , a bay in Canada disambig de Grand Bay el fr Grand Bay it Grand Bay nl Grand Bay ... more details
Pelican Bay is the name of several places in the United States Pelican Bay, Florida Pelican Bay, Texas Pelican Bay State Prison , California Pelican Bay, Anguilla geodis it Pelican Bay nl Pelican Bay pl Pelican Bay pt Pelican Bay ... more details
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Runaway Bay may refer to Runaway Bay, Jamaica Runaway Bay, Queensland , Australia Runaway Bay, Texas , United States Runaway Bay TV series , children s television series geodis disambig ... more details
Battle of the Bay can refer to Bay Bridge Series a sports rivalry around San Francisco Bay in the US Battle of Hudson s Bay a historical naval battle in Hudson s Bay in Canada disambig ... more details
Augusta Bay may refer to Augusta Bay, Sicily , Italy Empress Augusta Bay , Bahamas Augusta Bay, Nordaustlandet , Svalbard, Norway Augusta Bay, Nunavut , Canada disambig ... more details
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