Channel Island National Park

Written By K Linner

Fun facts of Channel Island National Park (https://morethanjustparks.com/channel-islands-national-park-facts/)

  • Channel Island is located off the coast of the state of California.

  • It consists of five islands

  • The parks covers 389 square miles

  • The park is home to a variety of plant and animal life, including over 2,000 species of plants and animals that are found nowhere else in the world

  • Channel Island became a national park in 1938

  • The Channel Islands have the highest concentration of prehistoric sites in North America

  • The island has claimed enough shipwrecks to earn the name “Graveyard of the Pacific”

The distance between Channel Islands and Stillwater, MN is 1,631 miles

At Channel Island National Park I will be camping on Chumash land. I give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial and honor all my Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home.

K Linner
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