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The area that is now Bolsa Chica State Beach was once called "Tin Can Beach" by locals. [3] The 169-acre (68 ha) property was added to the state park system in 1960. [4] In 1967, a nuclear power and desalination plant was planned on Bolsa Island, a man-made island off the beach. [5] It was supposed to produce more electricity than the Hoover ...
The western boundary of the ecological reserve abuts two other state agency lands of State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) managed by Cal Trans and California State Parks (Bolsa Chica State Beach). The term bolsa chica means "little bag" in Spanish, as the area was part of a historic Mexican land grant named Rancho La Bolsa Chica. [1]
Rancho La Bolsa Chica was an 8,107-acre (32.81 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day coastal northwestern Orange County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Joaquín Ruiz. [1] The name means "little pocket", and refers to pockets of land amongst the marsh wetlands of the Santa Ana River estuary .
Today, the well's original depth is only about 20 feet (6.1 m) at best after wet weather and is unfit for drinking. In 1985, the Bureau of Land Management drilled a new well 965 feet (294 m) in depth to support the new Wiley's Well Campground, one of only two developed campgrounds in the Mule Mountains Long-Term Visitor Area.
The name Willy or Willie has been used for four tropical cyclones worldwide. In the Western Pacific: Tropical Storm Willie (1996) (T9621, 27W) In the Australian region:
Ramón Yorba, a Californio ranchero, was patented half of Rancho Las Bolsas in 1872 by the Public Land Commission.. Rancho Las Bolsas was a 33,460-acre (135.4 km 2) 1834 Mexican land grant resulting from the partition of Rancho Los Nietos, located from the coast on inland within present day northwestern Orange County, California.
Looking north along SR 25 in San Benito County, California View of SR 25. SR 25 (also known as Bolsa Road and the Airline Highway) begins at the intersection of Peach Tree Road and State Route 198 about 11 miles west of Priest Valley, in Monterey County, and is the northern extension of Peach Tree Road.