Saturday, October 24, 2009

San Francisco's Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It is connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island, and was created in 1936 & 1937, from fill dredged from the bay, for the Golden Gate International Exposition.

Downtown San Francisco as seen from Treasure Island

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Treasure Island Marina

New Bay Bridge construction

Pelicans over San Francisco Bay