Big Wash Canyon, Santa Catalina Island

Big Wash Canyon, Santa Catalina Island

BIG WASH CANYON: “The third canon debouching into Avalon Valley on the left, nearly opposite the saw-mill. Its mouth is a broad pebbly arroyo with somewhat extensive grassy levels on its banks. The arroyo reaches back about a thousand feet and forms excellent collecting ground for early blooming plants of dry situations. The slopes beyond, at the beginning of the canyon proper, are well wooded and rich, while the bed becomes damp and the larger boulders, impeding the streamlet bed, covered with moss. The canyon early forks into a short left and long right branch, the latter reaching up toward Mt. Wilson. This canyon and its branches form one of the best of the nearby plant habitats in any month of the season.” [Millspaugh & Nuttall Flora of Santa Catalina Island (1923)].