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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. Donate here

ARCHAEOLOGISTS INDIAN RELIC HUNTING JUANA MARIA, LONE WOMAN OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND ARTISTS BOTANISTS ORNITHOLOGISTS FISHERMEN 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 ISLAND FICTION ISLAND FLAGS/BURGEES ISLAND MAGAZINES ISLAND MOVIES ISLAND POETRY FAMOUS VISITORS CHANNEL SWIMMERS

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

~ LISTEN TO ISLAND SOUNDS RECORDED BY JUSTIN MESSINA HERE ~ → READ UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES, MANUSCRIPTS, AND ISLAND DIARIES HERE SAN MIGUEL ISLAND SANTA ROSA ISLAND SANTA CRUZ ISLAND ANACAPA ISLAND SAN NICOLAS ISLAND SANTA BARBARA ISLAND SANTA CATALINA ISLAND SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND 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 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Monument, SMI PLACES: A broad ISLAPEDIA category which includes not only island geographic locations and place names, but also yacht clubs, social organizations, and schools. 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 Named offshore islets, rocks and arches VESSELS 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