INTERPRETIVE
EXHIBITS
The Bay Trail in Richmond is enriched by a wonderful variety of exhibit panels and sculptures telling  fascinating
stories about the varied history of Richmond’s shoreline
and interpreting its tidal wetlands, wildlife and offshore islands.
Twenty new exhibits were
added during the first half of 2006 - thanks to hard work by
TRAC’s Interpretive Subcommittee.
As one Bay Trail user emailed TRAC:
“The
panels add important value to the experience of people who use
the Bay Trail and shoreline parks. I notice a lot of people looking
at them. Plus, I enjoy them myself, even though I've been around
here for a long time. The panels help put the whole shoreline
experience and our area into a context the users would probably
never know about otherwise.”
Explore the following sections
of the Bay Trail to learn about the rich cultural and natural
history of Richmond’s shoreline.
Graphic Design by Doyle Wegner, with
text by Dave Zuckermann, East Bay Regional Park District
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline: Exhibits
describe 80 years of explosives manufacturing history and current
habitats. Note:Point Pinole
Regional Shoreline is part of the East Bay Regional
Park District
(View large Black
Rail Habitat image & Point
Pinole - A Place Apart image)
Graphic Design by
Tarrafirma
West County Landfill: Five
diverse exhibits about Wildcat Creek Marsh, History of Trash Collection
and Landfill Operations (View large Wildcat
Creek Marsh image & Essential
Service image)
Graphic Design by Tarrafirma
Ferry Point Loop: Six exhibit panels in Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline between Ferry Point tunnel and Ferry Point itself plus Eight panels along Seacliff Drive and Brickyard Cove Road Bay Trail interpret a wide variety of cultural and natural history topics (View the Brickyards, Waterfowl & Brooks Island images)
Marina Bay: As part of the Rosie The Riveter/WW II Home Front National Historical Park,
there are eight sculptural historical markers plus landscape-scale
sculptural exhibits along the Bay Trail and within four shoreline
parks telling fascinating stories of the WW II Home Front ship
building effort and the resulting transformation of Richmond’s
shoreline and culture.
Eastshore State
Park -- Marina Bay to Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: Exhibit
panels describe tidal marsh wildlife and Ohlone Indian life. (View
the Hidden Treasures, Rails
to Trails, Shore
Patrol, The Big Picture,
First People and Where
the Wild Things Are images)
Interpretive exhibits originally
Designed by Leslie Stone.
Design modification and new illustrations by Doyle Wegner,
Exhibit Design, EBRPD
Photos courtesy of Ellen
Gailing, Michael
Alford and David Moore
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