Tujunga in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Tuna Canyon Detention Station
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 12, 2018
1. Tuna Canyon Detention Station Marker
World War II confinement site.
Cultural Heritage Commission Cultural Monument No. 1039.
City of Los Angeles.
Erected 2018 by City of Los Angeles. (Marker Number 1039.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Civil Rights • Hispanic Americans • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list.
Location. 34° 14.044′ N, 118° 16.224′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Tujunga. It is at the intersection of La Tuna Canyon Road and Honolulu Avenue, on the left when traveling east on La Tuna Canyon Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tujunga CA 91042, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s The Valley the San Fernando Valley and in the Transverse Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sister Elsies Well (approx. 0.9 miles away); Crescenta Valley Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Anderson W. Clark (approx. one mile away); Ananda Ashrama (approx. 1.4 miles away); The McFall Oak (approx. 1.6 miles away); Bolton Hall (approx. 1.6 miles away); McGroarty Home and Grounds
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Regarding Tuna Canyon Detention Station. The Detention Station confined enemy aliens during World War II, including Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants, and extradited Japanese Peruvians. At this location, a vacated Civilian Conservation Corps camp was converted into a detention station, one of many confinement sites set up by the government.
Today, nothing remains of the detention station. An abandoned golf course driving range will soon become a community of new homes. Fundraising is underway to build a small memorial here.
Also see . . . Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition. (Submitted on April 12, 2018.)
Additional keywords. Japanese American Internment Camps, German, Italian, Peruvians,
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 12, 2018
2. Tuna Canyon Detention Station Marker
Unveiling ceremony on April 12, 2018.
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 12, 2018
3. Tuna Canyon Detention Station site
Abandoned golf course driving range and nearby oak grove is the former location of the Detention Station.
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 12, 2018
4. Museum Exhibit
This is part of a traveling museum exhibition, displayed at the marker unveiling.
circa 1940
5. Tuna Canyon Detention Station
The marker today would be at lower left, south-east of the detention station.
circa 1942
6. Tuna Canyon Detention Station
Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 1,396 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 12, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 5, 6. submitted on April 30, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
