Historic Monterey

 

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This is the old Fisherman's Wharf in Historic Monterey. A wharf was first built here in 1870 by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. We ate here a number of nights as there were some pretty good seafood restaurants.

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This is taken in an area with many other historic buildings.

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This is the Fisherman's Wharf taken early in the morning. Trucks are delivering ice and supplies for the day.

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This is the historic Cannery Row. These house are some of the buildings talked about in John Steinbeck's book Cannery Row.

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This is one of the old Cannery's. There is no actual canning taking place here anymore as the sardines are all gone.