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 250. 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
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 . Tomales High School has a current student population of about 200 students. The Latino students make up about 40 of the student body, and the Anglo population is about 60 . 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. References reflist Category High schools in Marin County, California Category Public high schools in California ... 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
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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 Image The Bay logo.svg 150px company type Division business Division foundation 1670 Hudson s Bay Company HBC ... as the Bay location Simpson Tower br Toronto , Ontario , Canada industry Retail products Clothing, footwear ... 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 ... Listing.aspx?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 ... converted 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
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 an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave waves and often reducing winds . 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 anchorage 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 The Family Encyclopedia of Natural History editor1 first Rosalind editor1 last Carreck year 1982 publisher The Hamlyn Publishing Group isbn 011202257 pages 202 ref As the super continent ... 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 ... quickly, leaving 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 ... 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
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 the title of a song written, and recorded by American rapper Hurricane Chris rapper Hurricane Chris . It was released in May 2007 as the lead single from his debut studio album , 51 50 Ratchet . The song was produced by Phunk Dawg. Background The song has garnered national airplay thanks in part to being featured on numerous mixtapes. ref http www.billboard.com bbcom bio index.jsp?pid 867767 Artist biography Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009. ref Hurricane Chris goes so far as saying on his MySpace page, I bet that its gonna be a baby s first word because it s so catchy. It gets stuck in your head the first time you hear it. 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 The voice in the beginning is Baby 3, son of Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport s rapper 3 Feet. Baby 3 s line is This Baby 3, everybody say, A BayBay. Hurricane got the idea of the hook from DJ Hollyhood BayBay . Whenever he would enter a club, onlookers would shout, Hey, Bay, Bay. ref name usatoday.com http www.usatoday.com ... . The song samples parts of MC Ren s Forget What Ya Heard . The video for A BayBay was shot in the Cedar ... A BayBay is heard in this song a total of sixty seven times. Remixes The official remix, The Ratchet ... hurricanechris Hurricane Chris Official YouTube Channel DEFAULTSORT BayBay, A Category 2007 singles ... 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 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
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 ... at Trinidad Harbour, Bodega Head, or Tomales Point and on the north shore of San Francisco Bay ... Point Rumiantsev While Tomales Point was named Point Great Bodega and TomalesBay Great Bodega ...for the census designated place Bodega Bay, California 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 ... 20 mi km 0 abbr on west of Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa . The bay straddles the boundary ... to the south. Bodega Bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific Ocean by Bodega Head , which shelters the small Bodega Harbor and is separated from the main bay by a jetty . The San Andreas ... is on the North American 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 Regional Park on the jetty and http www.co.sonoma.ca.us parks PK pingl.htm ... Parks ref Apart from the harbor, all of Bodega Bay lies within the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones ... Americans lived on the shores of Bodega Bay. Documented village names include Helapattai , Hime takala ... title Access Genealogy Miwok Indian Tribe ref There is speculation that Bodega Bay may ..., Pacific Historical Review, 1964 vol.33 Wandering Toponyms Puerto de la Bodega and Bodega Bay ... 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
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
Browns Bay or Brown s Bay may refer to Browns Bay South Orkney Islands , Antarctica Browns Bay, New Zealand Browns Bay, Northern Ireland , United Kingdom geodis de Browns Bay ... more details
Surveyor Bay may refer to Surveyor Bay Alaska , a bay on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska in the United States Surveyor Bay Tasmania , a bay on the coast of Tasmania in Australia geodis Surveyor Bay ... 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 geodis ... more details
Green Bay may refer to Geography Bodies of water Green Bay Lake Michigan , a bay of Wisconsin known to locals as the Bay of Green Bay Green Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador , a bay located on the island of Newfoundland Municipalities Green Bay, Wisconsin , United States Green Bay town , Wisconsin , United States Green Bay, New Zealand Green Bay, Nova Scotia , Canada Green Bay, small community of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Ontario , Canada Green Bay, Virginia Greenbay , village in Antigua Sports Green Bay Blizzard , a professional arena football team Green Bay Bombers , an indoor football team Green Bay Bullfrogs , a baseball team Green Bay Gamblers , a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team Green Bay Packers , a professional American football team Green Bay Phoenix , the athletic program of the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Other Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay , Wisconsin Green Bay Marathon See also Baie Verte disambiguation USS Green Bay USS Green Bay disambig cs Green Bay it Green Bay nl Green Bay no Green Bay pl Green Bay pt Green Bay ro Green Bay sv Green Bay ... more details
Palm Bay may refer to Palm Bay, Florida , a city in Florida, United States Palm Bay Florida , a bay in Florida, United States Palm Bay, Thanet , a bay in Cliftonville, England Palm Bay alcoholic beverage , a Canadian line of vodka cooler beverages geodis de Palm Bay ... more details
Echo Bay may refer to Echo Bay, British Columbia Echo Bay, Nevada Echo Bay, Ontario Echo Bay, Saskatchewan See also Echo Bay Mines Port Radium, Northwest Territories , previously Echo Bay geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de Echo Bay ... more details
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