07-14-2009, 12:48 PM
Actually, this beach HAS been written up in published books, including travel books & books on beaches on Hawaii Island....
Most published books do not use the two names referenced here, and use the original published names (the ones that are historically used in chants for this area, including "Ha Huaka'i Ka'apuni Ma Hawai'i") for this location (first recorded in 1820, then later mapped in 1840) as does the USGS topographic maps (that also have the trail)
This is one of the many beaches in Puna that has been greatly transformed over the last 200 years. The Kau earthquake in 1868 caused a subsidence of the beach, leaving very little of the original expanse - the sand you see there today has been deposited since..., and the '46 tsunami further impacted the beach area, along with killing 1/4 of the nene population in the sanctuary.
ETA: According to a recollection in the HPP website, there was a transfer of property for HPP land, not a land sale with millions of dollars.
Also in this account, even in the beginning of HPP, shoreline access was restricted (Paradise drive, the only access, was chained to keep vehicles out, because even then there was a problem with people driving in & leaving trash at the shoreline. If we could only change people!
http://www.hawaiianparadisepark.org/page1.html
Most published books do not use the two names referenced here, and use the original published names (the ones that are historically used in chants for this area, including "Ha Huaka'i Ka'apuni Ma Hawai'i") for this location (first recorded in 1820, then later mapped in 1840) as does the USGS topographic maps (that also have the trail)
This is one of the many beaches in Puna that has been greatly transformed over the last 200 years. The Kau earthquake in 1868 caused a subsidence of the beach, leaving very little of the original expanse - the sand you see there today has been deposited since..., and the '46 tsunami further impacted the beach area, along with killing 1/4 of the nene population in the sanctuary.
ETA: According to a recollection in the HPP website, there was a transfer of property for HPP land, not a land sale with millions of dollars.
Also in this account, even in the beginning of HPP, shoreline access was restricted (Paradise drive, the only access, was chained to keep vehicles out, because even then there was a problem with people driving in & leaving trash at the shoreline. If we could only change people!
http://www.hawaiianparadisepark.org/page1.html