Santa Catalina Island, often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island co
Santa Catalina Island satellite image
Ti'at are plank boats still constructed by the Tongva to travel from the mainland to the Santa Catalina Island, similar to the Chumash tomol (pictured).
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Tourists enjoying the waters off Catalina in 1889
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
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.