Chapter XXIII 



Cruising Along the Channel Islands 



STRUNG along the coast of Southern California 

 are several groups of islands : the Coronados of 

 San Diego, the Santa Catalina group, off Los 

 Angeles County, and the Santa Barbara Islands, oppo- 

 site the Santa Ynez Mountains, that rise in graceful 

 lines over the old Spanish town, one of the few in 

 Southern California still possessing strong individuality. 

 The Coronados are small, and have no permanent 

 residents. The Santa Catalina group consists of four 

 islands : Santa Catalina, eighteen miles offshore, twen- 

 ty-two miles long and sixty around ; Santa Barbara 

 Rock, twenty-five miles north ; San Nicolas, eighty 

 miles out at sea, to the north-west, and San Clemente, 

 nearly as large as Santa Catalina, forty miles to the 

 south-west from the mainland. The Santa Barbara 

 Islands lie on the channel of that name, about twenty 

 miles offshore, and are four in number : Anacapa, 

 Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel, all but the 

 former being of large size. 



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