Tiburon in Marin County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Tiburon Peninsula Historical Trail

The Boat Works Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 30, 2022

1. The Boat Works Marker

Inscription.
The Tiburon Historical Trail is a joint project of the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation and the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. This trail runs between Blackie’s Pasture and the Donahue Depot in downtown Tiburon. The early photographs below were taken from the location of this panel.

Compare Then and Now
The Boat Works This 1974 photo shows the Olson Boat Works, one of the last vestiges of the olden days along the multi-use path. The building was demolished soon after this photo was taken, to make way for a new house on land that was the target of vigorous but failed attempts by citizens to purchase it for open space.

The Codfish Factory Right around the corner in Belvedere along what is now West Shore Road, stood the “Union Fish Company,” built in the 1870’s by Thomas McCollam when the island was still open pasture. For the next 60 years, Alaskan caught fish was dried and processed there. A 1937 fire closed the processing plant, but the remaining bunk house served as artists' residences until 1961.

Erected by Tiburon Peninsula Foundation, Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. (Marker Number 5.)

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1974.

Location. 37° 53.166′ N, 122° 28.468′ W. Marker is in Tiburon, California, in Marin County. It is at the intersection of Tiburon Boulevard (California Route 131) and Gilmartin Drive, on the left when traveling north on Tiburon Boulevard. The marker is mounted to a metal post between the Tiburon Linear Park and Tiburon Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 779 Tiburon Blvd, Belvedere Tiburon CA 94920, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the San Francisco Bay Area,

in the North Coast,

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 30, 2022

2. The Boat Works Marker

Sausalito can be seen on the other side of Richardson Bay

marker, measured as the crow flies: Waving Back (Circa 1950) (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Tiburon Peninsula Historical Trail (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hilarita (approx. 0.6 miles away); Del Mar (approx. 0.7 miles away); Reed School (approx. 0.7 miles away); Feed Lot For Oysters (approx. 0.8 miles away); Welcome to Trestle Trail (approx. one mile away); Saving and Protecting Our Bay (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tiburon.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 206 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on November 8, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 15, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.