- Baxter Creek
Baxter Creek or Stege Creek [http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek/creekhistory.html Creek History] , CreativeDifferences.com, retireved August 15, 2007] and archaicly Bishop Creek is a three-branch creek in Richmond and El Cerrito,
California ,United States forming the Baxter Creek watershed. The creek has three sources and flows from theBerkeley Hills toStege Marsh and theSan Francisco Bay . The Baxter Creek watershed at-large has 10 sources. [ [http://www.museumca.org/creeks/1100-TopoBaxter-Fluvius1995.html Baxter Creek - Fluvius Innominatus Topo, 1995 ] ]The creek has been largely culverted over the years since the Rancho San Pablo and the subdivided Bishop Ranch, then known as Bishop Creek, were developed urbanly. This caused the residents to miss the creek as it disappeared under the asphalt and the Friends of Baxter Creek formed. This group has restored several portions of the creek at Baxter Creek Park, Pointsett Park, and Booker T. Anderson Park to a pristine Riparian condition, however the Anderson Park portion has been ravaged by litter and shopping carts. [ [http://repositories.cdlib.org/wrca/restoration/bronner/ Post-Project Appraisal of Baxter Creek at Booker T. Anderson Park : Shopping Carts - The New Boulders ] ] [ [http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/contra_costa_county/el_cerrito/15637818.htm Baxter Creek bash Saturday] Justin Hill]
The
Ohlone Greenway bicycle and pedestrian path has its northern terminus at Baxter Creek Gateway Park, located just north of where the BART tracks cross overSan Pablo Avenue in Richmond.The exact origin of the name Baxter Creek is unknown, but historians believe it to be from a family which once owned land in the area. Stege is from
Richard Stege and Bishop comes fromThomas Bishop which owned large tracts of land in the past. [ [http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek/FAQ.html FAQ] , Friends of Baxter Creek website, retireved August 15, 2007]ee also
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Cerrito Creek
*List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
*Richmond Greenway Notes
External links
* [http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek/ Friends of Baxter Creek]
* [http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek/creekhistory.html Creek History]
* [http://www.ice.ucdavis.edu/nrpi/NRPIDescription.asp?ProjectPK=5611 UC Davis/Baxter Creek]
* [http://www.museumca.org/creeks/1100-RescBaxter.html Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks -- Baxter Creek]
** [http://www.museumca.org/creeks/1100-OMBaxter.html map 1]
** [http://www.museumca.org/creeks/1100-TopoBaxter-Schoolhouse1899.html map 2]
* [http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/BrowseRecord.epl?id=30225 Baxter Creek at the State of California]
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