AVALON, a seaside and sportsman's resort, situated on the south-east coast of Santa Catalina island, Calif., about 5om. S. of Los Angeles and 3om. by steamer from San Pedro and Long Beach on the mainland. The town is picturesquely built in a narrow valley and on the slopes of an amphitheatre of rugged hills sur rounding a small, semicircular bay, which is the chief harbour of the island. The resident population, largely augmented at times by people whose permanent homes are across the channel, is engaged mainly in connection with the tourist trade. Each year the island is visited by thousands of tourists, including fishermen from all parts of the world, who are attracted by the climate, scenery and fishing grounds. Population in 1930, 1,897.