Canoga Park

Canoga Park (formerly known as Owensmouth) is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, United States about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. It is bordered by Woodland Hills on the south, West Hills on the west, Chatsworth on the north, and Winnetka on the east. The area of present day Canoga Park was the homeland of Native Americans in the Tongva-Fernandeño and Chumash-Venturaño tribes, that lived in the Simi Hills and along to the tributaries of the Los Angeles River. They traded with the north Valley Tataviam-Fernandeño people. American Indian civilizations inhabited the Valley for an estimated 8,000 years. Their culture left the Burro Flats Painted Cave nearby. From 1797 to 1846 the...