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Catalina Island Culture
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Perhaps the best-known quote
about island life commonly heard here is actor Harrison Ford’s
line in the film “Six Days, Seven Nights.” Ford,
the brash island pilot, tells his finicky co-star Anne Heche:
“It’s an island, sweetheart. If you didn’t
bring it here, you ain’t gonna’ find it here.”
The island’s 4,000 or so residents take this to heart.
Residents and visitors as well can find anything they would
need in a small town: restaurants, hotels, schools, plumbers,
barbershops, lawyers, dentists and even physical |
therapists. Since no cars are allowed here, the only mechanics in
town know how to fix golf karts. The local tow truck is an oversize
golf cart. Because it’s an Island, Catalina has some unusual
characteristics such as a barge service that brings many large items
such as furniture. A freight service flies in the mail, UPS and FedEx.
Visitors can’t help but be amazed to see the way common mainland
sights have been “islandized.” Catalina Island, for example,
is the only place where the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
operates a golf cart. And getting the mail here means a trip to the
post office. There’s no general mail delivery on the Island,
so residents get their mail from post office boxes.
More Information:
 www.state.gov
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