Santa Catalina Island InformationLooking for Santa Catalina Island information? This is your website for you. We provide unbiased information on Santa Catalina Island. We are not travel agents so we will not try to sell you only on good things about Catalina Islands. We want to give you unbiased facts and information about Catalina Islands so you can make up your mind if you would like to visit Catalina Islands or not. Santa Catalina Island has two cities - Avalon and Two Harbors. Avalon was founded in 1913 and is only about one square mile. Santa Catalina Island is in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Country provides Santa Catalina Island with the sheriff, lifeguard paramedics and library services.
Library on Santa Catalina Island Santa Catalina Island HospitalAvalon has a hospital called the Avalon Municipal Hospital. It is operated by Avalon Medical Development Corporation. The hospital is not equipped to deliver babies. If any expected mothers are within 2 weeks of expected delivery date, they are highly encouraged to get off Santa Catalina Island to the mainland Southern California to await delivery. If they don't, they will lifeflighted to a hospital in Long Beach to deliver during labor. That costs about $8,000. So, the residents of Santa Catalina Island try not to get too sick or too pregnant. Schools on Santa Catalina IslandThere are two schools on Santa Catalina Island. The main school on Santa Catalina Island is a K through 12 school located in Avalon opposite the Avalon stables adjacent to the Santa Catalina Island country club. The other school on Santa Catalina Island is in Two Harbors with only one room school house and one teacher for grades K through 5. Once the residents of Two Harbors graduate 5th grade, they must ride a bus an hour and a half through dirt ridden roads to attend the main school on Santa Catalina Island in Avalon. |
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