As I arrived on Anacapa Island, my vision of an idyllic slice of the natural world was shattered by a loud moan — the sound of the foghorn. It surprised me. Out on San Miguel, the most remote of the ...

Often seen as just a speck on the horizon, as if the Channel Islands archipelago suddenly ran out of gas, Anacapa Island looms much larger in history than its spiny frame suggests. The Santa Cruz ...

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Covering just over a square mile and located about 12 miles from the nearest mainland in Oxnard, Anacapa Island may be small in size, but it’s rich with history — from sheepherders and rum runners to ...

Some 12 miles off the California coast near Ventura, the rugged volcanic ridges that form the spine of Anacapa Island, or more precisely its three closely connected islets, thrust upward from the ...

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For the first time in more than 60 years, a bald eagle chick has naturally hatched in a remote canyon on West Anacapa Island within the Channel Islands National Park. This is also believed to be the ...

10:37 a.m. April 7, 2023: A previous version of this story stated that passenger steamship Winfield Scott struck Anacapa Island in December of 1953. It struck in December of 1853. As I arrived on ...