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Kings Island (formerly Bra's Island) is an island in the Old River in the south Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in
Kings Island Community website
Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California Islands of San Joaquin County, California Islands of California {{SanJoaquinCountyCA-geo-stub
Kings Island (formerly Bra's Island) is an island in the Old River in the south Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton.
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, southwest of Stockton. The small island is the smallest of a cluster of delta islands including Eucalyptus Island, Widdows Island, Victoria Island
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, and Coney Island
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, adjacent to Clifton Court Forebay
Clifton Court Forebay is a reservoir in the San Joaquin River Delta region of eastern Contra Costa County, California, southwest of Stockton, California, Stockton. The estuary region the forebay is located in is only 1m to 3m above mean sea lev ...
. At above sea level with the surrounding waters kept a bay by a levee
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system, the island is accessible only by the one road from the Clifton Court levee or by boat. It appears on a 1978 United States Geological Survey
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map of the area.
See also
*List of islands of California
This list of islands of California is organized into sections, generally arranged from north to south. The islands within each section are listed in alphabetical order.
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists 527 named islands in the ...
References
External links
Kings Island Community website
Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California Islands of San Joaquin County, California Islands of California {{SanJoaquinCountyCA-geo-stub