Islands Of San Francisco Bay
This is a list of islands of California. The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists 527 named islands in the state.
Read more about Islands Of San Francisco Bay: Channel Islands, Farallon Islands, Lake Islands, Greater Los Angeles Area, Humboldt Bay, Newport Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, San Francisco Bay Area, Suisun Bay, Miscellanea
Famous quotes containing the words islands, san, francisco and/or bay:
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The gold-digger in the ravines of the mountains is as much a gambler as his fellow in the saloons of San Francisco. What difference does it make whether you shake dirt or shake dice? If you win, society is the loser.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Swan/Mary Rutledge: Oh no, no. I’m not running away. I came here to get something, and I’m going to get it.
Col. Cobb: Yes, but San Francisco is no place for a woman.
Swan: Why not? I’m not afraid. I like the fog. I like this new world. I like the noise of something happening.... I’m tired of dreaming, Colonel Cobb. I’m staying. I’m staying and holding out my hands for gold—bright, yellow gold.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)
“A great work by an Englishman is like a great battle won by England. It is an unfading bay tree.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)