St. Francis Dam Tour

Meeting location: Room 258, University Center at College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita 

The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the second-worst disaster in California history by bringing back its St. Francis Dam lecture and bus tour/hike at the dam site in San Francisquito Canyon. The tour will begin at 11 a.m. with a short presentation on the history of the dam presented by Alan Pollack and Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel from the St. Francis Dam National Memorial Foundation. Participants should arrive at the college at 10:30 a.m. to park and check in. After the presentation, two buses with speakers familiar with the disaster’s history will take participants into San Francisquito Canyon, narrating at important points of interest. Guides include Frank Rock, Ann Stansell, Pollack and Erskine-Hellrigel. Tickets for the event are $50 and may be purchased on Eventbrite at bit.ly/3I4mMTJ. Funds raised will benefit programs of the SCV Historical Society at the Santa Clarita History Center.