Islais Creek wetlands: Difference between revisions

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"I was there..."

Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.

photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights (early 20th century)

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.

photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

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

photo: Chris Carlsson

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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+'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''
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 '''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights.'''
-''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+[[Image:bernlhts$islais-wetlands$wetlands_itm$islais-wetlands-from-bernal.jpg]]
+'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights (early 20th century)'''
+''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+[[Image:Islais-Creek-wetlands-1916.jpg|720px]]
+'''1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands east of Bernal Heights from the railroad trellis seen in above photo.'''
+''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 [[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]]
-'''The Old Clam House at Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave., in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s, where Bernal oldtimer George Williams used to beg for bait when he played in the swamps as a kid.'''   ''photo: Chris Carlsson''
+'''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.'''
-video: [http://www.archive.org/details/ssfgwill George Williams also grew up playing in the Islais Creek wetlands]
+''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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