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Area code. 310. Two Harbors, colloquially known as " The Isthmus ", is a small unincorporated community island village on the island of Santa Catalina Island, California, United States, with a population of 298 (Census of 2000). It is the second center of population on the island, besides the city of Avalon. It is mainly a resort village.
Two county fire stations are located on Catalina Island: Station #55 is located just outside Avalon in Avalon Canyon and on-call firefighters staff Station #155 in Two Harbors. [ 92 ] Paramedic and lifeguard services are provided by the County Fire Department's Lifeguard Division, also known as Baywatch. [ 93 ]
Catalina Express (legally Catalina Channel Express) is an American passenger ferry service that operates scheduled trips between Santa Catalina Island and mainland California. The company began service in 1981 with a single sixty-passenger vessel. As of 2016, the Catalina Express fleet includes eight high-speed vessels that can make the roughly ...
This university conducted research on two islands; one is Island Coronado Sur off the northwest coast of Baja California, Mexico. [44] [citation needed] On October 8, 2024, a twin-engine Beechcraft 95 plane crashed shortly after taking off from Catalina Island's Airport in the Sky, killing all five people on board.
Santa Catalina Island is the only one of the eight islands with significant permanent civilian settlements—the resort city of Avalon and the unincorporated community of Two Harbors. University of Southern California also houses its USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies marine lab in Two Harbors.
Avalon is located on Santa Catalina Island, approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-by-southwest of the Los Angeles Harbor breakwater. [27] It is the only incorporated city to be located on one of the eight Channel Islands of California. Due to its location on Catalina Island, it is the southernmost city in Los Angeles County.
September 3, 2022 at 11:33 AM. Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island in 2020. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) One person died and three others were rescued early Saturday when a moored boat ...
Catalina Island bison herd. Bison on Catalina Island. The Catalina Island bison herd is a small group of introduced American bison living on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California. In 1924, several bison were acquired for a film shoot and, before the end of 1925, brought to Catalina. The bison are now quite popular with the tourists.