Angel Island State Park - California
Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay offering expansive 360° views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park and is administered by California State Parks. The island, a California Historical Landmark, has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. The Angel Island Immigration Station on the northeast corner of the island, where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay offering expansive 360° views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. The entire island is included within Angel Island State Park and is administered by California State Parks. The island, a California Historical Landmark, has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. The Angel Island Immigration Station on the northeast corner of the island, where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Angel Island
State Park
Our Mission
The mission of California State Parks is
to provide for the health, inspiration and
education of the people of California by helping
to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological
diversity, protecting its most valued natural and
cultural resources, and creating opportunities
for high-quality outdoor recreation.
California State Parks supports equal access.
Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who
need assistance should contact the park at
(415) 435-1915. If you need this publication in an
alternate format, contact interp@parks.ca.gov.
Angel Island played
a major role in the
settlement of the West
and as an immigration station.
Trails and roads crisscross
the island, providing easy
access to historic sites
and breathtaking views
of San Francisco,
Marin County, and the
Golden Gate Bridge.
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
For information call: (800) 777-0369
(916) 653-6995, outside the U.S.
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Angel Island State Park
P.O. Box 318 (mail)
Tiburon, CA 94920
(415) 435-1915
www.parks.ca.gov/angelisland
© 2003 California State Parks (Rev. 2016)
Arriving immigrants
ca. 1910
A
ngel Island is a grass- and woodlandcovered refuge in San Francisco Bay. The
island affords breathtaking vistas of Marin
County, San Francisco, and the Golden Gate.
Coast Miwok once inhabited the island, and
for nearly 100 years — from the Civil War
to the Cold War — the federal government
used its strategic location for military bases,
a quarantine station, and an immigration
station. Today, visitors can enjoy the view
from the island’s historic sites and facilities.
CULTURAL HISTORY
Early Inhabitants
Coast Miwok began visiting the island about
2,000 years ago. These indigenous people
established camps and used the island
primarily as a fishing and hunting site.
In 1775, Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala, a Spanish
navigator, sailed the San Carlos into San
Francisco Bay and anchored in what is now
Ayala Cove. With his pilot, José de Cañizares,
he developed one of the first maps of San
Francisco Bay. They christened the isle Isla de
Los Angeles (Angel Island).
The Army on Angel Island
In 1863, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army
established Camp Reynolds on Angel Island
to protect San Francisco Bay. The island later
became a garrison for infantry companies,
including troops serving in campaigns against
American Indians in the West.
The Army designated the entire island Fort
McDowell and renamed Camp Reynolds the
West Garrison in 1900. The East Garrison at
Quarry Point evolved from a detention
camp for soldiers returning from the Spanish-
American war to a serviceImmigration Station, nicknamed
discharge depot.
“the Guardian of the Western
During World War I,
Gate,” processed nearly a million
East Garrison served as a
immigrants from more than 80
recruitment and replacement
countries. Immigration staff ensured
depot and a discharge point
that new arrivals were healthy and
for returning troops. Angel
self-sufficient. European immigrants
Island was an embarkation
and first-class passengers faced
site for World War II soldiers
only an inspection aboard ship and
headed toward the Pacific war
were detained infrequently.
U.S. Immigration Station
zone and a processing facility
Chinese persons were specifically
for prisoners of war.
excluded from immigrating to the U.S. by
When troops returned, a 60-foot sign with
the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Most of
the illuminated words “Welcome Home,
the 175,000 Chinese who arrived at Angel
Well Done” greeted them from the island. In
Island were detained for a few weeks — some
July 1946, the Army abandoned the island,
were detained up to 90 days and a few for
declaring it surplus property.
almost two years — while their applications
The Army returned in 1954, during the Cold
were considered. Many detainees expressed
War, to build a Nike missile site. By 1962
their anxiety and despair by writing and
the system had become obsolete, and the
carving on the wooden barracks walls. Some
Army decommissioned the base and left the
Chinese wrote poignant poems, still legible
island. Most of the island was turned over to
today. Due to appeals, most immigrants were
California State Parks in 1963.
eventually granted entry to America.
A 1940 fire destroyed the administration
The Quarantine Station
building,
closing the Immigration Station. The
In 1891 a Quarantine Station was opened at
first restoration phase of this National Historic
Ayala Cove (then known as Hospital Cove),
Landmark has been completed as a tribute to
where ships from foreign ports could be
immigrants from around the world.
fumigated and immigrants suspected of
carrying diseases could be kept in isolation.
Better medical examinations at the ports of
embarkation and improved medical practices
eventually made lengthy quarantines
unnecessary; in 1946 the U.S. Public Health
Service abandoned the Quarantine Station at
Angel Island.
The U.S.
Parque estatal
Angel Island
Nuestra Misión
La misión de California State Parks es proporcionar
apoyo para la salud, la inspiración y la educación
de los ciudadanos de California al ayudar a
preservar la extraordinaria diversidad biológica
del estado, proteger sus más valiosos recursos
naturales y culturales, y crear oportunidades para
la recreación al aire libre de alta calidad.
California State Parks apoya la igualdad de
acceso. Antes de llegar, los visitantes con
discapacidades que necesiten asistencia
deben comunicarse con el parque llamando
al (415) 435-1915. Si necesita esta publicación
en un formato alternativo, comuníquese con
interp@parks.ca.gov.
Angel Island jugó un
papel importante en la
colonización del Oeste
y como estación de
inmigración. Los senderos
y los caminos entrelazan
la isla, brindando un fácil
acceso a sitios históricos
y vistas asombrosas de
San Francisco, el Condado
de Marin y el Puente
Golden Gate.
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
Para obtener más información, llame al:
(800) 777-0369 o (916) 653-6995, fuera de los
EE. UU. o 711, servicio de teléfono de texto.
www.parks.ca.gov
Angel Island State Park
P.O. Box 318 (Correo)
Tiburon, CA 94920
(415) 435-1915
www.parks.ca.gov/angelisland
© 2003 California State Parks (Rev. 2016)
Llegada de inmigrantes
ca. 1910
A
ngel Island es un refugio cubierto
por pasto y bosque en la Bahía de San
Francisco. La isla ofrece vistas asombrosas
del Condado de Marin, San Francisco, y el
Golden Gate. Hace un tiempo los Miwok
de la costa habitaron la isla y, por casi 100
años — desde la Guerra Civil hasta la Guerra
Fría — el gobierno federal usó su ubicación
estratégica para bases militares, una estación
de cuarentena y una estación inmigratoria.
En la actualidad, las visitas pueden disfrutar
de la vista desde los sitios históricos y las
instalaciones de la isla.
HISTORIA CULTURAL
Primeros habitantes
Los Miwok de la costa comenzaron a visitar la
isla hace aproximadamente 2.000 años. Estos
pueblos indígenas asentaban campamentos
y usaban la isla principalmente como un lugar
de pesca y caza.
En 1775, el Teniente Juan Manuel de
Ayala, un navegante español, navegó el San
Carlos hasta la Bahía de San Francisco y
ancló en la actual Cueva Ayala. Con su piloto,
José de Cañizares, desarrolló uno de los
primeros mapas de la Bahía de San Francisco.
Bautizaron la isla como Isla de Los Ángeles.
El Ejército en Angel Island
En 1863, durante la Guerra Civil, el Ejército
de EE. UU. asentó el Campamento Reynolds
en Angel Island para proteger la Bahía de
San Francisco. Luego, la isla se convirtió en
un cuartel para las campañas de infantería,
incluidas las tropas que prestaban servicios
en las campañas contra los Amerindios en el
Oeste.
La Estación de Cuarentena
El Ejército designó a
En 1891, se abrió una Estación
toda la isla como Fuerte
de Cuarentena en la Cueva Ayala
McDowell y renombró al
(luego se conocería como Cueva
Campamento Reynolds
Hospital), donde se podían fumigar
como Cuartel del Oeste en
las embarcaciones de puertos
1900. El Cuartel del Este
extranjeros y mantener aislados a
y el Punto Quarry pasaron
los inmigrantes sospechados de
de ser un campamento de
portar enfermedades. Las mejoras
detención para los soldados
en los exámenes médicos de los
que regresaban de la guerra
Estación de Inmigración
Española-Americana a un
de EE. UU. puertos de embarcación y las
prácticas médicas eventualmente
depósito de alta del servicio.
volvieron innecesarias las cuarentenas
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, el
prolongadas. En 1946, el Servicio de Salud
Cuartel del Este se usó como un depósito de
Pública de EE. UU. abandonó la Estación de
reclutamiento y reemplazo y un punto de alta
Cuarentena en Angel Island.
para las tropas que regresaban. Angel Island
fue un sitio de embarcación para los soldados
La Estación de Inmigración de EE. UU.
de la Segunda Guerra Mundial que se dirigían
Desde 1910 hasta 1940, la Estación de
a la zona de guerra del Pacífico y un centro de
Inmigración de Estados Unidos, bautizada “el
procesamiento para los prisioneros de guerra.
Guardián de la Puerta Oeste”, procesó cerca
Cuando las tropas regresaban, las recibía
de un millón de inmigrantes provenientes
desde la isla un cartel de 60 pies con las
de más de 80 países. El personal de
palabras “Welcome Home, Well
Done” [“Bienvenidos a casa, bien
hecho”] iluminadas. En julio de
1946, el Ejército abandonó la isla
y la declaró propiedad sobrante.
El Ejército regresó en 1954,
durante la Guerra Fría, para
construir un lugar para el misil
Nike. Hacia 1962, el sistema
se había vuelto obsoleto, y el
Ejército desmanteló la base y
abandonó la isla. La mayoría de
las islas fueron regresadas a los
Parques Estatales de California
en 1963.
Reconstitución de la Guerra Civil
en el Campamento Reynolds
inmigración se aseguraba de que los recién
llegados estuvieran saludables y fuesen
autosuficientes. Los inmigrantes europeos
y los pasajeros de primera clase eran
sometidos sola