The history of human activity on Santa Catalina Island, California begins with the Native Americans who had inhabited the island since 7000 BC. The first European colonists to arrive on Catalina claim
Avalon Bay before the construction of the casino
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Tourists enjoying the waters off Catalina in 1889
The Island Mountain Railway at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island was an incline cable railway on the side of a hill. It operated from 1904–1918.
Two Harbors, California
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Two Harbors, colloquially known as "The Isthmus", is a small unincorporated community island village on the island of Santa Catalina Island, California, United States, with a population of 298. It is
View of Two Harbors from the north at 16,000 feet in 2015.
Two Harbors Isthmus, 2017. On the right or northeast is Isthmus Cove (or Banning Harbor), and on the left or southwest is Catalina (or Cat) Harbor.
Aerial view of Naval-Coast Guard base at the Isthmus, probably taken in WW2 era. This is the future site of Two Harbors village.
Naval-Coast Guard base prominent in the foreground, circa 1917-1947