Hutuknga was a large Tongva village located in the foothills along the present channel of the Santa Ana River in what is now Yorba Linda, California. People from the village were recorded in mission records as Jutucabit. Hutuknga was part of a series of villages along the Santa Ana River, which included Lupukngna, Genga, Pajbenga, and Totpavit. The Turnball Canyon area is sometimes falsely associated with Hutuknga.
Hutuknga, spelled Hutucg-na, listed as being located in Old Santa Ana (Yorba's) in an early mention of the village's name in the Los Angeles Herald in 1893.
The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino and Riverside counties, before cutting through the northern Santa Ana Mountains via Santa Ana Canyon and flowing southwest through urban Orange County to drain into the Pacific Ocean. The Santa Ana River is 96 miles (154 km) long, and its drainage basin is 2,650 square miles (6,900 km2) in size.
The Santa Ana River as seen from a small bluff overlooking the water. This part of the river serves as the border between Eastvale and Norco
Mill Creek (pictured) is one of the main headwaters tributaries of the Santa Ana River.
The channeled mouth of the Santa Ana River between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach
The Transverse Ranges were formed by uplift along the San Andreas Fault. Santa Ana Canyon is between the first and second ridges and Big Bear Lake is in the background.
