Then: circa 1960
Now: September 2012
Aerial View of Cabo San Lucas and Land’s End circa 1960
Cannery Beach Then and Now
On left Then: View from Playa el Médano (Medano Beach) to the old tuna cannery pier and building, and Land’s End rock formations.Photo circa 1970’s • fotosbajacalifornia.tripod.com/id30.html
On right Now: View from near the Cabo harbor entrance looking at the remains of the tuna cannery and beach now called The Cannery Beach.Photo January 2014 © Joseph A. Tyson
John G. North c. 1910
The floating tuna cannery off Cabo San Lucas prior to 1919. The image below is a copy of the photograph hanging on the wall at Latitude 22 The Roadhouse Cabo – www.latno2baddays.com/
The Caption reads: Peaceful setting—the three-master JOHN G. NORTH waits at anchorage. She burned while serving as a floating tuna cannery off Cape San Lucas, Mexico May 14, 1919 after years of sailing coastwise and to the South Pacific, carrying for the most part lumber and copra.
Take a few minutes to visit Mike at Latitude 22 The Roadhouse Cabo. The history displayed on the walls is just amazing. His knowledge of the past is like a local encyclopedia. The photo on the right was taken in 2004. Thanks, Mike.
Cabo Falso: The Lighthouse at the End of the Earth
Cabo Falso: El Faro del Fin de la Tierra ( The Lighthouse at the End of the Earth)
A history of Baja California Sur presented by Domingo Saiza Castro.
This site is in Spanish but has some good information and very nice old images.
“Cuando desde la plataforma arenosa del faro de Cabo Falso he visto su luminoso parpadeo perderse en la infinita superficie del mar, he pensado que sus haces de luz no son una señal de alerta, sino de acogida; no de temor, sino de esperanza. Creo que son como un signo que se enciende por las noches para avisar a todos los puntos de la rosa de los vientos; que hacia el norte, desde la tierra perfumada hasta los bastiones de la patria, a todo lo largo de un cuerpo de desierto, hay un otro México de bellezas, de promesas y de futuro” – Epilogo del libro “El otro México” de Fernando Jordán
Source: https://faroviejo.angelfire.com/