Difference between revisions of "Baby’s Cove, Santa Cruz Island"
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[[File:Ladys SCrI.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Aerial of Lady's Harbor (left) and Baby's (right),<br> Santa Cruz Island</center>]] | [[File:Ladys SCrI.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Aerial of Lady's Harbor (left) and Baby's (right),<br> Santa Cruz Island</center>]] | ||
<span style="color:#E32636">'''Baby’s Cove, Santa Cruz Island''' (Baby’s Harbor, Little Lady's Cove)</span>, at the mouth of Baby’s Canyon, is a popular boating anchorage on the north shore of the island located immediately to the east of its mother, Lady’s Harbor. | <span style="color:#E32636">'''Baby’s Cove, Santa Cruz Island''' (Baby’s Harbor, Little Lady's Cove)</span>, at the mouth of Baby’s Canyon, is a popular boating anchorage on the north shore of the island located immediately to the east of its mother, Lady’s Harbor. The two coves are separated by a large point of rock. Baby's Cave, on the rock point, can only be entered by skiff. | ||
In the May 1932 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History leaflet, Director Ralph Hoffmann reported on the last day of his March visit: “On a steep slope above Baby’s Canyon, next to Lady’s, the Director found five or six bushes of the Coffee Berry, ''Rhamnus californica'', common on the mainland, but not hitherto reported from any of the Channel Islands.” | In the May 1932 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History leaflet, Director Ralph Hoffmann reported on the last day of his March visit: “On a steep slope above Baby’s Canyon, next to Lady’s, the Director found five or six bushes of the Coffee Berry, ''Rhamnus californica'', common on the mainland, but not hitherto reported from any of the Channel Islands.” | ||
Latest revision as of 01:23, 26 June 2022
Baby’s Cove, Santa Cruz Island (Baby’s Harbor, Little Lady's Cove), at the mouth of Baby’s Canyon, is a popular boating anchorage on the north shore of the island located immediately to the east of its mother, Lady’s Harbor. The two coves are separated by a large point of rock. Baby's Cave, on the rock point, can only be entered by skiff.
In the May 1932 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History leaflet, Director Ralph Hoffmann reported on the last day of his March visit: “On a steep slope above Baby’s Canyon, next to Lady’s, the Director found five or six bushes of the Coffee Berry, Rhamnus californica, common on the mainland, but not hitherto reported from any of the Channel Islands.”
The big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) is found in the vicinity, as is the uncommon subspecies of California coffee berry, Rhamnus californica ssp. tomentella.
Duncan Gleason wrote of Lady's and Little Lady's coves [1950 p. 77]: “A narrow canyon rises from the beach and a brook cascades from springs high up, forming miniature waterfalls and pools overhung with lush green foliage and ferns.”
