The Channel Islands
Fog, current and rock off the Southern California coast
Gold Rush steamers ran the Panama–San Francisco route past a chain of islands frequently wrapped in fog. Several never cleared them.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableComet
AH-WR-0926Simonton Cove, San Miguel Island, California
1911 · Lumber Schooner · 0 ft deep
AvailableCrown of England
AH-WR-0070Santa Rosa Island, California
1894 · Cargo Steamship · [5, 15] deep
AvailableDora Bluhm
AH-WR-0132Santa Rosa Island, California
1910 · Lumber Schooner
AvailableEquator
AH-WR-0925Middle Anacapa Island, California
1949 · Fishing Vessel · 25-30 ft at the wreck, wreckage scattered to about 93 ft deep
AvailableGeorge E. Billings
AH-WR-0810Santa Barbara Island, California
Year reported as 1941; exact date not established. · Lumber Schooner
AvailableGoldenhorn
AH-WR-0069Santa Rosa Island, California
1892 · Sailing Ship · [15, 30] deep
AvailableGosford
AH-WR-0732Point Conception, Santa Barbara County, California
1893 · Sailing Ship · 35-55 deep
AvailableHarvard
AH-WR-1537Point Arguello, California
1931 · Coastal Passenger Steamer
AvailableJ. M. Colman
AH-WR-0452Point Bennett, San Miguel Island, California
1905 · Lumber Schooner · 0 ft deep
AvailableKate and Anna
AH-WR-0133Cuyler's Harbor, San Miguel Island, California
1902 · Sealing Schooner
AvailableSanta Cruz
AH-WR-0927Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, California
1960 · Schooner
AvailableSanta Rosa
AH-WR-0468San Miguel Island, California
1899 · Schooner · 0 ft deep
Historical ListingSpirit of America
AH-WR-0453Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island, California
Early 1980s · Minesweeper · 60-70 deep
AvailableSS Chickasaw
AH-WR-0250San Miguel Island, California
1962 · Freighter
AvailableSS Cuba
AH-WR-0068San Miguel Island, California
1923 · Passenger And Cargo Steamship · 20 ft deep
AvailableSS Winfield Scott
AH-WR-0003Anacapa Island, California
1853 · Sidewheel Steamer
AvailableYankee Blade
AH-WR-0454Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County, California
1854 · Sidewheel Steamer
