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Claimed for England in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake and later discovered by Don Juan del la Bodega of Spain, the Bodega Bay area was settled in the early 1800s when Russian explorers arrived to trap sea otters. It is the second largest salmon port on the Pacific coast and the busiest commercial fishing port between San Francisco and Eureka.
But it is probably best known as the location for the 1962 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. Built as a schoolhouse in 1873 but now a private residence, the old Potter School featured in the movie still stands about 5 miles south of town in the tiny inland town of Bodega, as does St. Theresa’s Church, a picturesque building dating from 1859 that is Sonoma County’s oldest continuously active Catholic church and a state historical landmark. The movie’s Bodega General Store is now the Bodega Country Store.
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Bodega Bay: A Little Background
Claimed for England in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake and later discovered by Don Juan del la Bodega of Spain, the Bodega Bay area was settled in the early 1800s when Russian explorers arrived to trap sea otters. It is the second largest salmon port on the Pacific coast and the busiest commercial fishing port between San Francisco and Eureka.
But it is probably best known as the location for the 1962 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. Built as a schoolhouse in 1873 but now a private residence, the old Potter School featured in the movie still stands about 5 miles south of town in the tiny inland town of Bodega, as does St. Theresa’s Church, a picturesque building dating from 1859 that is Sonoma County’s oldest continuously active Catholic church and a state historical landmark. The movie’s Bodega General Store is now the Bodega Country Store.
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| the Potter School in the 1962 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" in Bodega, California |
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| St. Theresa's Church in the 1962 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" in Bodega, California |
More pandemic updates.
More things to do in Bodega Bay.
More things to do along Highway 1.
More ideas for exploring Northern California.
images ©2020 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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