Cal. HNC § 101
This is the official text of Cal. HNC § 101, part of California’s Harbors and Navigation Code — regulates ports, harbors, and boating.
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Official statutory text
The following streams and waters are declared navigable and are public ways:
Albion River, to a point three miles from its mouth.
Alviso Slough, sometimes called Steamboat Slough, lying between the bay of San Francisco and the place where it was crossed by the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on June 10, 1913.
Big River, to a point three miles from its mouth.
Channel Street, in the city of San Francisco, from the bay to the northeasterly line of Seventh Street, the width thereof to be one hundred forty feet.
Clear Lake, in Lake County; but this declaration shall not interfere with any rights of owners and claimants to reclaim swamp or overflowed land around the margin of Clear Lake.
Corte Madera Creek, in Marin County, from its mouth to a point as far as tidewater flows.
Coyote River between the bay of San Francisco and the place where it was crossed by the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on June 10, 1913.
Albion River, to a point three miles from its mouth.
Alviso Slough, sometimes called Steamboat Slough, lying between the bay of San Francisco and the place where it was crossed by the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on June 10, 1913.
Big River, to a point three miles from its mouth.
Channel Street, in the city of San Francisco, from the bay to the northeasterly line of Seventh Street, the width thereof to be one hundred forty feet.
Clear Lake, in Lake County; but this declaration shall not interfere with any rights of owners and claimants to reclaim swamp or overflowed land around the margin of Clear Lake.
Corte Madera Creek, in Marin County, from its mouth to a point as far as tidewater flows.
Coyote River between the bay of San Francisco and the place where it was crossed by the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on June 10, 1913.
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