Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks
Lion Creek Watershed Map
Originally, the large slough, running through the salt
marsh on the east side of San Leandro Bay and the major tributary creek
were named East Creek. The marsh has now been filled for the construction
of the Coliseum and the industrial areas to the north. The various creeks
that flowed into the East Creek slough have been combined into two
flood-control channels. On the north, Peralta, Courtland, and Seminary
Creeks are combined into a channel bearing the name East Creek Slough. On
the south, Lion and Arroyo Viejo Creeks flow into a channel called Damon
Slough. The upland portion of the creek that had been called East Creek
now is called Lion Creek and empties into Damon Slough (not East Creek
Slough).
Portion of Creek & Watershed Map of Oakland & Berkeley -- Purchase Printed Map
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for point of interest
