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Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area in Newport Bay in Orange County and the South Coast region of Southern California. It extends inland/northeast from the Pacific Coast Highway crossing of the bay, within the city of Newport Beach .
Samuel S. Dunnells built a small wharf called the Newport Landing. Newport Landing and Landing Warehouse was near the current Pacific Coast Highway and the Newport Bay Bridge. James McFadden and Robert McFadden purchased land and ran the port from April 19, 1875 until 1899; the McFaddens built a long wharf that opened in 1889. The landing was ...
Upper Newport Bay was purchased by the state in 1975 for its Fish and Wildlife Department's Ecological Reserve System. [1] In 1985 the upper west bluffs and lands surrounding the bay became part of an Orange County regional park, which offers outdoor activities such as bird-watching, jogging, bicycling, hiking, and kayaking.
The Upper Newport Back Bay boasts one of the few remaining natural estuaries in Southern California. [7] Living in the waters of the Upper Newport Back Bay, are several diverse species of plankton and algae. [8] These plankton and algae act as a food source for the eighty or so species of fish that live in the estuary.
Captain Dunnells soon established “Newport Landing” by constructing a small wharf and warehouse near the west end of the present Coast Highway/Newport Bay Bridge. [5] Balboa Island, 1928. The McFadden brothers acquired the landing in 1875 and for the next 19 years operated a thriving commercial trade and shipping business.
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