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Point Hueneme Light was the site of an unrelated shipwreck. The veteran passenger liner La Jenelle, once removed from her role as a cruise liner, lay at anchor off Port Hueneme on April 14, 1970 awaiting plans for conversion to a floating restaurant.
Mandalay State Beach [1] [2] is a protected beach in the city of Oxnard, California, United States.Managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, [3] the park preserves an area of undeveloped sand dunes and wetlands that was once common along the 16.5-mile-long (26.6 km) coastline of the Oxnard Plain.
Channel Islands Harbor is a small craft harbor [2] and shore-protection project [3] in Oxnard, California at the southern end of the Santa Barbara Channel.It is the fifth largest harbor for small-craft recreation in the state of California [4] and is a waterfront resort, recreation, and dining marketplace.
The name Hueneme derives from the Spanish spelling of the Ventureño Chumash name Wene Me, meaning "Resting Place". [15] In the 1800s, the postmaster named the post office Wynema after his company, Wynema Lighter Co. [16] The town's name was officially changed to Port Hueneme in 1939 and was incorporated March 24, 1948.
The Oxnard Harbor District is an independent special district formed in 1937. The harbor district is governed by a five-member commission elected at-large to staggered four year terms by the voters within the district boundary. The port is one of the five of the deep water ports governed by special districts in the state of California.
McGrath State Beach is a protected beach park located on the south bank of the mouth of Santa Clara River in the city of Oxnard, California. [2] McGrath State Beach is one of the best bird-watching areas in California, with the lush riverbanks of the Santa Clara River and sand dunes along the shore. [3]
The museum was founded in 1991, by Harry Nelson and Martin V. "Bud" Smith. Nelson was an attorney, businessman, and art collector focusing on marine subjects, and Smith was an urban developer. They had wanted to find a way to display Nelson's collection and add a cultural attraction to the Channel Islands Harbor.
Map of Silver Strand Beach (area inside the red lines) Silver Strand Beach is an unincorporated beach neighborhood in Ventura County, California, United States.Lying between the mouth of Channel Islands Harbor on the north and the ocean entrance to the Port of Hueneme on the south, the eastern side of the beach community lies along the boundary of the Naval Construction Battalion Center Port ...