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Built in 1913, [1] the pier has a long history of servicing passenger vessels. The 800-foot (240 m) pier was the first of San Diego's reinforced concrete piers found on the bay. [2] It has been operated by the Port of San Diego since 1962. In the 1970s, Broadway Pier was remodeled by San Diego architecture firm Innis-Tennebaum Architects ...
The Shallotte River name dates back to at least 1734. [1] According to some accounts, the waterway was once known as the "Charlotte River", a name coined by a traveler who crossed it by ferry. [1] Over time the word Charlotte morphed into Shallotte. [7] Another explanation is the river was so named on account of there being wild shallots along ...
In 1957, the nearshore area became part of the San Diego Marine Life Refuge. [1] Environmental activism led to the creation of the adjacent San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park to prevent over-fishing. In 1970, the City of San Diego incorporated the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park that stretched more than 2 miles (3.2 km) offshore.
The center includes a 1,200 square feet (110 m 2) interactive map of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta that shows visitors how water flows through the region. A 30-by-50 model of the delta is also located at the park, as well as restored wetlands.
In 1970, the City of San Diego incorporated the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park as part of a city-operated park that stretched more than 2-miles offshore. Responsibility for maintenance was to be shared by the City of San Diego's Department of Parks and Recreation and the California Department of Fish and Game. A 514-acre ecological reserve ...
San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port in San Diego County, California, near the Mexico–United States border. The bay, which is 12 miles (19 km) long and 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) wide, is the third largest of the three large, protected natural bays on California's 840 miles (1,350 km) of coastline, after San Francisco Bay ...
The 1,971-foot (601 m) Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, built in 1966, was the longest concrete pier in the world and the second longest ocean pier in California. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The pier was closed in January 2021 due to storm damage.
The main facility, at B Street Pier in downtown San Diego, along North Harbor Drive, has three cruise berths. The port also redeveloped the historic Broadway Pier to create a second cruise-ship pier and terminal, which opened in December 2010. [6] As of 2019, San Diego is the third-busiest cruise port in California.