The Channel Islands of Southern California are a unique geological phenomenon, created over millenia by shearing tectonic plates. For the ancient Chumash who navigated these waters in plank canoes to the explorers and settlers of more recent centuries, the islands represent a destination and a mystery.

From the ghostly shipwrecks below, to their rugged coastlines and archaeological treasures, the Channel Islands are a testament to the complex interplay between land and the sea in this corner of the Pacific.

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