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Port Ballona is an archaic place name for an area near the center of Santa Monica Bay in coastal Los Angeles County, where Playa Del Rey and Del Rey Lagoon are located today. Port Ballona was a planned harbor and town site from circa 1859 to 1903.
In the 1880s Moy Wix envisioned “Port Ballona,” a plan that would link the ocean to a new two-mile Harbor. The Santa Fe Railway followed in 1887; the passenger train was successful in transporting Angelinos to Port Ballona.
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Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (pronunciation: "Bah-yo-nuh" or "Buy-yo-nah") is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre (2.34 km 2) site is located in Los Angeles County, California, just south of Marina del Rey.
Port Ballona is an archaic place name for an area near the center of Santa Monica Bay in coastal Los Angeles County, where Playa Del Rey and Del Rey Lagoon are located today. Port Ballona was a planned harbor and town site from circa 1859 to 1903.
Playa Del Rey History... The northern part was originally wetlands, but the natural flooding was halted by the concrete channel which contains Ballona Creek. In the 1870s, Playa Del Rey was the location of the first attempt at a dredged harbor in Santa Monica Bay.
Rancho La Ballona was a 13,920-acre (56.3 km 2) Mexican land grant in the present-day Westside region of Los Angeles County, Southern California. The rancho was confirmed by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839, to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes.
Our History. The Ballona Wetlands have a rich history dating back thousands of years. These wetlands, located in Los Angeles, California, have been an essential habitat for numerous species of plants and animals. Sadly, due to urban development and human intervention, the wetlands faced a significant decline in their natural state.
