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	Bay Area Hiker: Estero Trailhead
		Continue on Sir Francis Drake about 7.5 more miles, and turn left at the sign "Estero Trail." Drive slowly (there may be cows on this narrow road) about 1 more mile to the trailhead on the right side of the road.
		Estero is one of the loneliest trailheads at Point Reyes, and seems to get the most use from locals.
		As Estero Trail nears the bay, the path curves to the left near a sign warning that marine mammals are protected by federal laws (elephant and harbor seals breed and give birth on the shores of Point Reyes in the winter).
	www.bahiker.com /northbayhikes/estero.html (2116 words)

	Point Reyes Light
		The Drake’s Bay Oyster Company, which operates in the upper reaches of Drakes Estero, is the largest commercial shellfish farm in California.
		Drakes Estero was marked as a potential wilderness area under the Phillip Burton Wilderness Act of 1972.
		Drake’s Bay Oyster Company currently harvests Pacific oysters, which are native to Japan (“seed” for the oysters is grown onsite, and not imported).
	www.ptreyeslight.com /cgi/news.pl?record=84 (923 words)

	Oyster farm seeks to overturn Drakes Estero wilderness, May/June 2006 Yodeler
		Drakes Estero, in Point Reyes National Seashore, is the only estuary in California designated to become a wilderness area - when the oyster farm that now uses it moves.
		Evidence from Native American shellmounds indicates that the Estero never had significant numbers of native oysters; the original complex of native shellfish species should be restored.
		But in 2005, when Drakes Oyster bought the operation, the new owner acknowledged there were only seven more years on its lease, and assured the Sierra Club that the operation could make back its investment by 2012.
	sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org /yodeler/html/2006/05/conservation11.htm (769 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Point Reyes National Seashore)
		Point Reyes and Drakes Bay are mainly associated with the great Spanish explorers of the Pacific coast during the 16th and 17th centuries, though Miwok Indians had lived for centuries before on the peninsula where Point Reyes is situated.
		At Drakes Bay, in 1595, the Spanish explorer Sebastián Rodriguez Cermeño suffered the first recorded shipwreck in California waters when his Manila galleon, the San Agustín, was blown ashore near the mouth of Drakes Estero, which adjoins Drakes Bay.
		Drakes Bay, California, well known to Spanish explorers of the 16th and 17th centuries, may have been a landing place of the Englishman Sir Francis Drake in 1579 during his circumnavigation of the globe.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitea8.htm (462 words)

	Estero Bay Trail and Drakes Head
		The Estero Trail follows Drakes Estero-- a series of small bays reaching between the rolling hills on the northern coast of Point Reyes, Pacific side, after Inverness Ridge has dwindled to grasslands.
		This is climbing the first of three sharp hills riding along the Estero Trail.
		Drakes Head is the mound in the middle of the picture, in front of the sand spit.
	www.gatetrails.com /exhibits/025drakeshead.html (653 words)

	Estero Island
		Estero is located at 26°25'56" North, 81°48'34" West (26.432237, -81.809447).
		Historically and culturally, the heart of Estero is the spring-fed Estero River, which flows to Estero Bay.
		Santiago del Estero is a city in northern Argentina, capital of Santiago del Estero Province, on the Río Dulce.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/57/estero-island.html (755 words)

	Francis Drake Deception at Drakes Day
		To fit the "Portus Plan" to Drake's Estero requires, among many other things, not only the application of imaginary features to the present geography, but also requires the plan to be rotated.
		The events after Drake's return to England in 1580 are cloudy, primarily because of Elizabethan secrecy, which was largely the result of looming war with Spain.
		Drake's harbor was the site of the first Protestant services held in North America, which may be of interest to religious historians, as might be the site of the first English presence in the region to Anglophiles.
	www.mcn.org /2/oseeler/smoke.htm (868 words)

	Point Reyes Light
		Commercial oyster farming began in Drakes Estero in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, but by some accounts the history of shellfish cultivation on Point Reyes began long before that.
		Drakes Bay Oyster Company holds more than half of the area leased out for shellfish farming by the state Department of Fish and Game, and by itself accounts for 85 percent of Marin County’s aquaculture.
		On an afternoon this week at Drakes Estero, few customers appeared to be aware that the farm is slated for closure in just six years.
	www.ptreyeslight.com /cgi/news.pl?record=19 (1988 words)

	Drakes Estero - CA
		Drakes Estero is a pristine bay off of Drake Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
		The Estero is tidal, and the currents (particularly out near the mouth) can get rather strong (2-3 knots).
		The Estero is closed from March to June(probably some animal's breeding season - sorry I don't have details).
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?1546 (252 words)

	Drakes Estero
		Drakes Estero is a five armed bay located on the south side of Pt.
		After a few hours we crossed in front of the mouth of the estero (that's estuary for our latin challenged readers) and decided to do a short kayak drag rather than get too close to the mouth during an ebbing tide in unfamiliar terrain.
		The estero has several large sea lion colonies and we were able to quietly slip by them on the other side of the channel with out disturbing them and sending them crashing into the water, or, considering the location there may have been a white shark in the area.
	www.kayakforum.com /cgi-bin/Trips/index.cgi/noframes/read/1115 (709 words)

	Point Reyes Outdoors Sea Kayaking Tours & Classes,Guided Birding & Nature Hikes in the Point Reyes National Sea Shore, ...
		The day is spent meandering through this unspoiled estero, exploring the coastlines in search of bat rays, leopard shark, harbor seals, and water fowl.
		Oysters are integral in maintaining the health of the estero by filtering the water, keeping algae levels in check and absorbing bacteria in their environment.
		Drake’s Estero is one of the most spectacular paddling destinations on the California coast.
	www.pointreyesoutdoors.com /10-DrakesEstro.htm (1312 words)

	Surfline \| Point Reyes (south)
		Drakes Estero: the largest saltwater lagoon along the Marin coast.
		Drakes Beach is a shallow, hard-breaking closeout wave at the main point of entry to the south coast of Point Reyes.
		The estero is great for kayaking (contact Tamal Saka Kayaking for instruction and rentals, 415-663-1743, www.tamalsaka.com) or canoeing.
	www.surfline.com /travel/surfmaps/surfspot.cfm?id=611 (660 words)

	Drake Latitudes: DNG
		Nor was the Sir Francis Drake Commission, established by the State of California in 1974 to investigate and the various claims, able to make a determination for any particular landing site after four years of review.
		My study shows that at the estero at Drake's Bay the June/July 1579 determination would have been 38°, or 38° 10', depending on the size of the instrument used.
		Sir Francis Drake at Drakes Bay: A Summation of Evidence Relating to the Identification of Sir Francis Drake's Encampment at Drakes Bay, California.
	www.longcamp.com /dng.html (2665 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		Further along the trail is a footbridge which offers an excellent vantage point from which to view wading egrets and herons, many species of shorebirds, as well as hawks and osprey.
		Drakes Estero offers the best birding opportunities during the fall migration and winter layover.
		The largest harbor seal breeding colony in Point Reyes (and 20% of California's mainland harbor seal population) can be seen at Drakes Estero.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /npca/destination_regions/5629.html (224 words)

	Drake’s landing site now almost certain (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In an exciting discovery that confirms that Sir Francis Drake landed in Drake’s Estero on Point Reyes in the summer of 1579, a trio of historians on Monday revealed that the configuration of sand spits at the mouth of the estuary have completed a miraculous 54-year cycle.
		The name was first used by the crew of the of the Golden Hind, who used the cove for a place protected from high seas to turn the ship on its side and caulk the wood-beam hull.
		Written accounts of Drake’s voyage note that while the captain was searching for a harbor to do the careen and gather supplies for his subsequent cross-Pacific voyage, he noted a "faire and good Baye" at the 38th parallel, the exact latitude of the Point Reyes peninsula.
	www.ptreyeslight.com.cob-web.org:8888 /stories/june28_01/drakes_estero.html (689 words)

	Sea Kayak Trips: Point Reyes--Drakes Estero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Over 500 harbor seal pups are born in Drakes Estero each year.
		Oysters are spawned in a laboratory and young oysters are imported into the Estero to be harvested in two to three years.
		Sir Francis Drake, the intrepid explorer, is believed to have beached his boat for repairs in 1579 in this area, and left a plaque to commemorate his landing.
	www.seatrekkayak.com /pages/localtrips/tripdetails/drakes.htm (380 words)

	Estero, estero beach club, pointe estero resort (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Estero Bay Estuary is bordered on the west by a chain of barrier.
		Estero Estero, Florida, United States of America residents with shared interests planningevents and forming offline clubs.
		Estero The Estero Bay Estuary is bordered on the west by a chain of barrier.
	www.travelplanninginfo.com.cob-web.org:8888 /estero.html (874 words)

	Drake Navigator's Guild
		Distinctive white cliffs which lie toward the sea from Drake's harbor, which inspired him to name the land Nova Albion after the similar white cliffs along the English Channel.
		Drake's fortified encampment is shown on the shore near the ship.
		These, and many more points of evidence, match only one location: Drake's Cove at the western side of the mouth of Drakes Estero where the Estero joins Drakes Bay.
	www.drakenavigatorsguild.org /landings.html (347 words)

	Mike's Kayak Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Julie cannot swim and was worried about being on the Estero, so we let them use our Kevlar canoe while Marty and I started out in Keith's canoe.
		We were soon off and paddling past the first oyster racks in Drakes Estero.
		As we crossed the middle of the Estero, we saw a swirling kettle of birds over by the opening to Creamery Bay (one of the side channels of the Estero).
	www.kayaker.net /marin/drakcano.htm (2049 words)

	Blue Waters Kayaking - Point Reyes,Tomales Bay, Drakes Estero, Sea Kayaking Tours (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Drake's Estero is one of the most stunning places to paddle on the California coast, offering incredible opportunities for wildlife viewing.
		Departing from Drake's Bay Oyster Co., we'll glide through the eelgrass and kelp beds of this scenic estuary, home to harbor seals, bat rays, leopard sharks and many birds species such as osprey, geese, white pelicans, loons, grebes, shorebirds.
		Drake's Bay will be open to paddling again on July 1 following the seal protection closure.
	www.bwkayak.com.cob-web.org:8888 /PtReyesTours.htm (530 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Johnson Oyster Company was founded in 1957, when Charlie Johnson bought his Drakes Estero farm from Coast Oyster Company of Washington state, for whom he had worked.
		Originally, the company grew oysters in clusters attached to wires, which were stuck vertically into the bottom of Drakes Estero.
		The company uses 1,050 acres of bay bottom in Drake’s Estero.
	www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?ContentId=3311 (1100 words)

	Drakes Estero \| CA: Northern California Sea Kayak Tours
		Preview: The four fingers of Drakes Estero and the double thumb of Limantour Estero form a 20-mile network of narrow bays that presses into the marshy center of Point Reyes National Seashore like a giant, deformed handprint.
		The only road access is at Johnson’s Oyster Farm at the tip of the middle finger, a 3.5-mile paddle across the palm to the sea.
		For advanced paddlers Drakes Estero provides access to miles and miles of uninhabited ocean shoreline, permitting a multiday camping tour.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=CGS042-013 (222 words)

	Drakes Bay Oyster Company refurbishes old Johnson Oyster Farm as Parks Service threatens end of lease
		They are refurbishing and updating the old buildings peppered around the head of the Drakes Estero Bay, where oysters have been grown commercially for as long as anyone alive can remember.
		Drakes Estero is, by everyone’s admission, one of the healthiest estuaries in the entire state.
		But getting rid of the oyster farm is the first step towards eliminating the cattle ranches, too, the way local cattlemen see it, so they are among a growing throng of Drakes Bay Oyster supporters.
	www.pcsga.org /Clamunications/LongLines/FullStory.asp?id=1411 (652 words)

	2004/2005 Brant Observation Log
		As the tide receded and the eel grass beds became exposed, the brant moved from the mouth of the estero to the eel grass beds in the inner parts of the estero.
		Drakes Estero is in the heart of the Point Reyes National Seashore.
		Drakes Estero 2001 - 48 brantas 2002 - un máximo de 243 brantas y un mínimo de 52.
	www.padillabay.gov /brant/observationlogs/log0405.asp (9020 words)

	SeaWeb - Ocean Citations
		Notes: Haplosporidian infections were observed in adult and seed Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), in Drakes Estero, CA, and in seed Pacific oysters from Matsushima and Watanoha Bays, Japan.
		Up to 7% of domestic Pacific oysters and those imported from Japan that were examined from Drakes Estero had mild systemic or localized haplosporidian infections.
		These data also suggest that Pacific oysters imported into Drakes Estero from Matsushima Bay, Japan, were a likely source of the introduction of the haplosporidian in California.
	www.seaweb.org /resources/citations/introduced/1996/96introduced.1.php (200 words)

	Oysters
		They are farmed in the pristine waters of Tomales Bay and Drakes Estero.
		Four years later they were planted in Drakes Estero, which proved to be an ideal growing environment.
		The water in both Tomales Bay and Drakes Estero is too cold to allow natural spawning of oysters other than those native to the area.
	www.pointreyesvisions.com /NewFiles/PRV_Book/Oysters.html (943 words)

	Drakes Estero \| CA: Northern California Sea Kayak Tours
		The park service reports that Drakes Estero offers the best birding opportunities during the fall migration and winter layover.
		You can see the largest harbor seal breeding colony in Point Reyes (and 20 percent of California’s mainland harbor seal population) at Drakes Estero.
		To protect the seal population, Drakes Estero is closed to boaters for the seal pupping season, March 15 to June 30.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=CGS045-012 (146 words)

	Point Reyes Outdoors
		Surfing at the Mouth of Drakes Estero is an outstanding and exciting way to enhance and hone your paddling technique.
		A challenging day in the surf begins on Drakes Beach with an assessment of surf conditions, followed by a gear and skills review.
		After agreeing on a clear plan for the day, we surf launch and paddle east to the mouth of Drakes Estero to spend the rest of the day practicing and playing in the surf.
	www.pointreyesoutdoors.com /25-MouthDrakes.htm (955 words)

	Point Reyes Lodging Association, California bed and breakfast inns cottages near Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
		Kayaking is also permitted on Drakes Estero and Limantour Estero from July 1 through February 28.
		To protect harbor seals from disturbance during the most crucial part of the pupping season, from March 1 through June 30 the National Park Service closes Drakes Estero and Limantour Estero to boating.
		It is off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard three miles north of Inverness.
	www.ptreyes.com /kayak.html (915 words)

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