Welcome to Islapedia

The Encyclopedia about all things California Channel Islands — keeping island history alive and bringing the dead to life. Readers are encouraged to contact ISLAPEDIA author, Marla Daily, with comments, edits and suggestions. marla@scifoundation.org.

About ISLAPEDIA

ISLAPEDIA is a comprehensive California Channel Islands encyclopedia covering hundreds of topics and thousands of entries on all eight California Channel Islands: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Nicolas, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands. It includes people, place names, ships and shipwrecks, island events and noteworthy topics. It was begun in 1973 by cultural anthropologist, Marla Daily, president of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation(1987-current). ISLAPEDIA is a continuing research work in progress—now in its 4th decade. Read more here

ARCHAEOLOGISTS INDIAN RELIC HUNTING JUANA MARIA, LONE WOMAN OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND ARTISTS BOTANISTS ORNITHOLOGISTS CHINESE, JAPANESE, AUSTRIANS & RUSSIANS POACHERS, PIRATES, RUSTLERS & RUMRUNNERS

ANIMALS & WILDLIFE BIRDS PLANTS/BOTANY FISH & MARINE LIFE MARINE MAMMALS GEOLOGY, MINING, WEATHER EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES & FIRES

ALL EIGHT CLUB ALL THINGS AVALON ISLAND FICTION ISLAND MAGAZINES ISLAND MOVIES FAMOUS VISITORS CHANNEL SWIMMERS

AGENCIES: GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: NON-PROFIT ISLAND BUSINESSES ISLAND DEATHS ISLAND AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS ISLAND SHIPWRECKS

UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, MANUSCRIPTS, ISLAND DIARIES AND INTERVIEWS PEOPLE THOMPSON, Dixey Wildes (1826-1903) PEOPLE: ISLAPEDIA includes short biographies of over 1000 people whose lives intersected the California Channel Islands between 1850 and 1950 – those who would own them, those who would work them, those who would visit them with purpose. People: A People: B People: C People: D People: E People: F People: G People: H People: I People: J People: K People: L People: M People: N People: O People: P People: Q People: R People: S People: T People: U People: V People: W People: X People: Y People: Z PLACES File:Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Monument.jpg Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Monument, San Miguel Island PLACES: a broad ISLAPEDIA category which includes not only island geographic locations and place names, but also yacht clubs, social organizations, schools and island related businesses. Entries range from Abalone Point, Santa Catalina Island to the Yamada Commercial Company. Places: A Places: B Places: C Places: D Places: E Places: F Places: G Places: H Places: I Places: J Places: K Places: L Places: M Places: N Places: O Places: P Places: Q Places: R Places: S Places: T Places: U Places: V Places: W Places: X Places: Y Places: Z VESSELS File:Cueva Valdez Siwash.jpg Vessel: Cueva Valdez Siwash VESSELS: Over 450 vessels are included, from the 19th century otter-hunting schooner, Achilles, to Zingara, a 52-foot gasoline-powered schooner that burned off Anacapa Island in November 1931. More than 140 shipwrecks are listed by island, and cross-referenced alphabetically throughout ISLAPEDIA. Vessels: A Vessels: B Vessels: C Vessels: D Vessels: E Vessels: F Vessels: G Vessels: H Vessels: I Vessels: J Vessels: K Vessels: L Vessels: M Vessels: N Vessels: O Vessels: P Vessels: Q Vessels: R Vessels: S Vessels: T Vessels: U Vessels: V Vessels: W Vessels: X Vessels: Y Vessels: Z Abbreviations Index