Ford Channel
Ford Channel is a channel in Contra Costa, California. Ford Channel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Marina Bay, as well as near Easter Hill Village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park and SS Red Oak Victory.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park
Museum
Photo: E. F. Joseph, Public domain.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.
SS Red Oak Victory
Photo: Leonard G., CC0.
SS Red Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is managed by the Richmond Library of History and located near the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
Brooks Island
Island
Photo: Rupert Clayton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brooks Island Regional Preserve includes both the 75-acre of Brooks Island above the low-tide line and 300 acres of the surrounding bay. The only public access to the island is via an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marina Bay and Stege.
Marina Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marina Bay, is located in Richmond's protected Richmond Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid-1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct World War II-era Kaiser Shipyards.
Stege
Locality
Stege, founded in 1876, was an unincorporated community in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The town has now been annexed and absorbed by the cities of Richmond and El Cerrito, California. Stege is situated 1½ miles east of Ford Channel.
Atchison Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Atchison Village is a community in Richmond, California which was originally built as housing for defense workers from the Kaiser Shipyards. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. Atchison Village is situated 2 miles northwest of Ford Channel.
Ford Channel
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.90881° or 37° 54′ 32″ northLongitude
-122.35636° or 122° 21′ 23″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
849VWJ5V+GFGeoNames ID
5349875
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