Belmont Slough

Belmont Slough is a slough on the western shore of San Francisco Bay[1] separating Redwood Shores and Foster City.[2]

Foster City has established the slough as a nature preserve.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Foster City Historical Society (2005). Foster City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0738529080. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "BELMONT SLOUGH NATURE PRESERVE AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER". FOSTER CITY MUNICIPAL CODE. City of Foster City, California. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. 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.

Coordinates: 37°32′24″N 122°15′07″W / 37.540°N 122.252°W / 37.540; -122.252


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