Belmont Slough

Belmont Slough is a slough on the western shore of San Francisco Bay[2] separating Redwood Shores and Foster City.[3]

Belmont Slough
Belmont Slough, as seen from Oracle Bridge, Redwood Shores, Redwood City, California.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates37°33′15″N 122°14′40″W[1]

Foster City has established the slough as a nature preserve.[4] In the early 1900s the slough was considered the best place to hunt ducks in San Mateo County, with the birds so plentiful, hunters could sneak up on them.[5]

References

  1. "Belmont Slough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 19 January 1981. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. Gilbert, Grove Karl. Hydraulic Mining Debris in the Sierra Nevada. Professional Paper 105. Washington, D.C.: United States Geological Survey. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. Foster City Historical Society (2005). Foster City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0738529080. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "BELMONT SLOUGH NATURE PRESERVE AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER". FOSTER CITY MUNICIPAL CODE. City of Foster City, California. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. McLellan, H. Harrison (July 1903). "Sport in San Mateo". Western Field: The Sportsman's Magazine of the West. 2 (6): 382. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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