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COURTESY OF THE CATALINA
ISLAND CONSERVANCY
The 19th annualCatalina Island
Conservancy Ball celebrates an
aspect of the isle's rugged coast-
line familiar to many Islanders
and boaters ~ilike: the secluded
inlets that ring the Island.
"Catalina's Coves: All Shore,
Let's Explore!" is the theme for
Conservancy's annual fundraising
event from 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday,
April 5, in the Avalon Casino
Ballroom• Tickets and sponsor-
ships are on sale now for this
black-tie event, cosponsored by
the Conservancy support group,
the Marineros. Ticket sales close
Friday, March 21. Ball auction
items are welcomed. For tickets or
more information, go to catalinac-
onservancy.org.
While stories of boating adven-
tures will be part of Catalina's
Coves, each cove has many stories
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After September 30, 2014 any vehicles failing to meet dedbel standards
will be subject to Infraction violations & corresponding fines.
Decibel Standards:
ALL OTHER VEHICLES
MOTORCYCLES
(incl. AUTOETTES, aka. GOLF CARTS)
82 dB 77 dB 74 dB
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to tell as well. To bend a phrase,
"If these rocks could talk ..." Here
is a bit of history and lore about
some of them.
Avalon Bay - This horse-
shoe-shaped inlet was one of the
most populous part of the Island
when Spanish explorers arrived,
led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.
Etta Marilla, sister-in-law of one-
time Island owner George Shatto,
is said to have come up with
the name "Avalon•" Her inspira-
tion was taken from Alfred Lord
Tennyson's poem "Idylls of the
King."
Catalina Harbor - The cut
of this long inlet located on the
southern side of the Island is a half
a mile from Isthmus Cove by land
and about 14 and a half miles by
sea around the West End. A popu-
lar filming site for Hollywood
through the years, "Cat" Harbor
was the final resting place for the
Ning Po. This was the 1753-vin-
tage Chinese junk that survived
rebellion and piracy through a long
career, and had been anchored off
Catalina since 1917. Long reputed
to be the oldest ship afloat, it
burned in Cat Harbor in a fire that
destroyed other vessels, including
the Lewellyn J. Morse•
Emerald Bay Formerly known
as Johnson's Landing, this inlet's
crystal-clear waters reflect the
colors of its namesake gemstone,
Little Harbor - This small bay shares'the same inlet with Shark Harbor. The two harbors are
divided by a rock formation known as the Whale's Tail. Courtesy Catalina Island Conservancy.
caused by the relatively shallow
sandy bottom• Catalina's probable
first resident of European heri-
tage, Samuel Prentiss, sought the
truth in Tongva stories of buried
Spanish treasure on Catalina• He
lived for three decades at Emerald
Bay and died in 1854 at age 72,
treasure unfound.
Empire Landing - This bay on
the north coast, about two miles
from Isthmus Cove, was believed
to once be adjacent to the Tongva
Native Americans' temple on the
hill above•
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SEPTIEMBRE DE 2014 pare tomar de Nuevo la prueba y pasar sin sanddn.
Los vehkulos que no scan aprobados no podr~n registrarse para recibir su
calcamania de la dudad.
Duespu~s de130 de Sepflembre de 2014, los vehiculos que no cumplan las normas
de dedbellos estenin sujetos a infracd6n violaci6nes y multas correspondientes.
Normas de Decibelios:
CUALQ.UIER OTRO VEH(CULO
VEHICULOS DE 6,000 MBRAS O MAS MOTOCICLETAS (iflcfluye AUTOETW_5, carritos de golf)
82 dB 77 dB 74 dB
AMC Sec. 4-4.1713
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Fourth of July Cove This
home of the Fourth of July Yacht
Club received its holiday moniker
after the Banning family decided
to picnic in the pleasant little cove
just west of the Isthmus•
It was a lovely picnic spot and
such a nice day, the story goes,
that the midsummer holiday cel-
ebration became a Banning family
tradition•
Isthmus Cove - This is the inlet
on the northern side of the Island
that, with Catalina Harbor on the
southern side, nearly pinches the
isle into two separate Islands•
During the Civil War, the
Union Army built a barracks at
the site• The very same building
has served the Isthmus Yacht Club
for more than a half-century.
Italian Gardens - Located on
the'-nortfiern-'cofisi arotinll L ng'
Point from Avalon, this favorite
angling bay of Italian fishermen
out of San Pedro was named for
their fishing success there.
Little Harbor - This windward
inlet shares its bay with Shark
Harbor. The two are divided by a
rock formation called the Whale's
Tail• This picturesque spot was
once an ancient Native American
town site, and the location of an
inn built by Dr. O.T. Fellows in
1894 to serve the cross-Island
stagecoach line.
Lovers Cove - The next cove
to the east from Avalon Bay along
Pebbly Beach Road is this popular
cove for glass bottom boats and
semi-submersibles.
The cove was the anchorage of
the Chinese junk Ning Po when it
operated as a Chinese restaurant
around 1933 before sailing to Cat
Harbor where it eventually met its
demise•
Shark Harbor - Although there
may be sharks in the water, the
site was given its name for a rock
formation offshore that, depend-
ing on the tide, looks like a shark
fin (a guano covered shark fin)
sticking out of the water.
White's Landing - The widest
sand beach on the Island is located
at this arced northern-shore inlet.
Thousands of years ago, it was a
large Tongva village•
White's Landing was also the
home of Swayne Lawson, who
came to Catalina in 1862•
He lived in a cave with only a
few goats he tamed for compan-
ions•
It has been home to the Balboa
Yacht Club since 1957, and the
Catalina Experience, a youth and
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