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1 29.:/'6 '-5U> Channel Islands National Park Islands National el Marine Sanctuary Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment [orris and James Lima FEDERAL PUBLICATION W .- CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK O) SUBMERGED CULTURAL RESOURCES UNIT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Cover illustration by Jerry Livingston. CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK and CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY a product of the NATIONAL PARK SERVICES SYSTEMWIDE ARCHEOLOGICAL INVENTORY PROGRAM Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/channelislandsnaOOmorr CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK and CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment Don P. Morris Archeologist Channel Islands National Park James Lima Troy State University Intermountain Cultural Resource Centers Professional Papers Number 56 Submerged Cultural Resources Unit Intermountain Field Area National Park Service Santa Fe, New Mexico 1996 in Submerged Cultural Resources Unit Intermountain Cultural Resource Centers Intermountain Field Area National Park Service U.S. Department ofthe Interior IV TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES xi LIST OF TABLES xv FOREWORD xvii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xix INTRODUCTION I 1 OVERVIEW II 5 Geography 6 Weather 8 Surface Currents 11 Navigation and Shipping Hazards 12 Anchorages: Problems and Shortcomings 13 PREHISTORY THROUGH THE GOLD RUSH III 15 Euro-American Vessels Before the Gold Rush 17 Gold Rush 19 Winfield Scott 19 Yankee Blade 24 IV WRECKED AND GROUNDED COMMERCIAL VESSELS 27 Goldenhorn 28 Crown ofEngland 37 Anubis 41 Pectan 42 Aggi 44 Liebre 50 Cuba 52 Beulah 62 Aristocratis 62 Patria 63 Chickasaw 63 V VESSELS OF THE LUMBER TRADE 69 G W Prescott 70 M J Colman 71 Dora Bluhm 78 Comet 86 Watson A West 93 Jane L Stanford 95 George E Billings 105 VI SEALING IN THE NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS 107 Leader 109 NB 110 Surprise Ill Convoy 112 Isabella 112 Pearl 113 Kate andAnna 113 G Ella 114 VII VESSELS OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY 117 Chinese Junk 120 Bell 121 Sea Lion 121 Natoma 122 Unity 122 Eagle 122 OK 122 Lion 123 Labor 123 Maryland 124 Blue Sea 124 Adriatic 124 Emperor 125 Imperial 126 Louise Ray 126 Yukon 127 Dante Alighieri II 127 Emil 129 Nancy Lee 130 Balboa 130 Santa Clara 130 Equator 131 VI San Francisco 133 Pan Pacific 133 Milmar 134 San Giuseppe 134 Pacific 136 Golden Gate 136 Del Rio 136 Cape Argo 137 RuthE 137 Gypsy Q 138 D Louise 138 M Dorothy 138 K Ruth 139 Vineth 139 Carol O 139 Josie Lena 140 Georgia 140 Dolphin IV 140 Broadbill 141 Cinnamon Bear 141 Shoshoni 142 D Eileen 142 Warrior 142 Mary 142 Rosemond R 143 Standard Nut 144 Sierra 144 Liberty 144 Joan 144 Frederick Q 145 Glady I 145 Blazenka B 146 Chelan 146 Jana Dawn 146 Sea Wanderer 146 Patrick 147 Summary 147 VIII OTHER TRADES AND PURSUITS 149 San Buenaventura 149 Undine 150 Fishhook 151 vn Liberty 151 Chappo 153 Helene 153 Magic 154 Santa Rosa 156 Dawn 156 Francine 157 Shasta 157 Sea Foam 157 Irene 158 Nellie 158 International I 159 H. T. P. Co. IX 159 Lotus 160 Wampas (A-1370) aka Grey Ghost 160 W. T. and B. Co. No. 60 162 Typhoon 162 Zingara 163 Swan 163 Bar-bee 163 Kinkajou 163 W. T. Co. No. 3 164 City ofSausalito 164 Blue Fin 165 Grumman Avenger (Airplane) 165 Seaborn 166 Billcona 167 Aurora 168 Corsair 168 Grumman AF-2W Guardian (Airplane) 168 Adore 172 Sea Lion 172 Marie 173 Santa Cruz 173 Elaine 175 Trilogy 175 Eros 176 White Cap 176 Legend 176 Nimbus 3 176 Black Dolphin 177 Marimari 177 VI11