Marin Creek is a creek tributary of

Codornices Creek Codornices Creek (sometimes spelled and/or pronounced "Cordonices"), long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 is one of the principal creeks which runs out o ...

in northwestern

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.Codornices Creek Watershed Map
Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks, museumca.org, Museum of California, retrieved March 12, 2008 The lower stretch of Marin Creek is also known as Village Creek.

Overview

The creek runs from the

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through the cities of

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and Albany to

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. Throughout much of its course, it runs in culverts. Below San Pablo Avenue through the

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, it runs in the open in several stretches. It was daylighted in the course of the construction of the

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store between Eastshore Highway and the

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tracks.Creek mouths along the Bay Trail in Berkeley, Albany, and south Richmond
by Susan Schwartz, Friends of Five Creeks, March 9, 2003, retrieved March 12, 2008Marin Creek
ACME.com, retrieved March 12, 2008 The creek empties into a

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it shares with

and Schoolhouse Creek. The slough, which has been largely filled in, lies between the

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racetrack and the

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.Eastshore State Park Walk
The Pre-Goldrush Waterfront, Susan Schwartz, October 1999, retrieved March 12, 2008 Open sections of the creek are maintained by

Friends of the Five Creeks Friends of Five Creeks is a regional community volunteer organization founded in 1996 by Sonja Wadman originally dedicated to the stewardship of creeks in northern Alameda County and western Contra Costa, California, United States.culvert A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe, reinforced concrete or other material. In the United Kingdom ...

ed. In fact the creek has been culverted nearly in its entirety under Marin Avenue.M
Diablo Audubon, retrieved March 12, 2008 Culverting of this creek has led to flooding and drainage problems in Albany, as this practice is not a sound or permanent method of containing drainwater.CITY OF ALBANY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT
February 4, 2008, retrieved March 12, 2008 The

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daylighted a portion of Lower Marin or Village Creek. The 900-foot (0.27 km) stretch of the creek through

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has been modeled into an 1,125-foot (0.34 km) 0.77 acre (.31 hectares)

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habitat with the purposes of habitat restoration and community protection from a

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.Post Project Appraisal of Village Creek Restoration, Albany, CA
by Melissa Asher and Kaumudi Atapattu, Fall 2005, retrieved March 12, 2008

Notes

External links

Friends of the Five Creeks
- maps of Marin/Village Creek. {{San Francisco Bay watershed Rivers of Alameda County, California California placenames of Native American origin Berkeley Hills Tributaries of Codornices Creek Geography of Berkeley, California Albany, California Subterranean rivers of the United States Rivers of Northern California