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CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA HISTORIC LANDMARKS, DISTRICTS, and POINTS OF INTEREST Point of Interest Number: 60 Historic Name: Alessandro Lagoon Address: Junction of Vista Del Mar Drive and Alessandro Drive Designated: December 1982 Description: In the later 19th and early 20th centuries the site of the Alessandro Lagoon was known as Chautaqua Flats and was a popular spot for camping and amusement enterprises. Today, it is one of the few existing fresh water refuges of the Pacific Coast flyway within Ventura County. The area is a triangular piece of land approximately 7.0 acres extending easterly from the junction of Vista Del Mar Drive and Alessandro Drive to a point of approximately 0.3 miles on Alessandro Drive which is west of the northern border fence of U.S. Highway 101. The area is presently enclosed in a seven foot high chain link fence. Photo by Don Taylor (3-24-2002)

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CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA HISTORIC LANDMARKS, DISTRICTS, and POINTS OF INTEREST

Point of Interest Number: 60

Historic Name: Alessandro Lagoon

Address: Junction of Vista Del Mar Drive and Alessandro Drive

Designated: December 1982

Description:

In the later 19th and early 20th centuries the site of the Alessandro Lagoon was known as Chautaqua Flats and was a popular spot for camping and amusement enterprises. Today, it is one of the few existing fresh water refuges of the Pacific Coast flyway within Ventura County. The area is a triangular piece of land approximately 7.0 acres extending easterly from the junction of Vista Del Mar Drive and Alessandro Drive to a point of approximately 0.3 miles on Alessandro Drive which is west of the northern border fence of U.S. Highway 101. The area is presently enclosed in a seven foot high chain link fence.

Photo by Don Taylor (3-24-2002)