Some of the original roof can be seen on a home located in the China Cove. It was a landmark in the Newport Beach Harbor until it was demolished in the 1980s. The home was built using the traditional Chinese architecture. In 1927, a home was built at the mouth of the entrance of Newport Harbor that came to be known as the China House of China Cove.

The Lido Village was reopened in 2017 after a complete renovation. In 2014, the center was closed for a renovation. It also hosts the area boat show each year and an organic 'Farmers Market' on Sundays, in addition to being the port for the local Gondola Company. On the North East side of the channel, the Lido Marina Village now acts as the local port to many 'Newport Party Boats' that can be rented for events, as well as small merchants and local restaurants. The north end of the Newport Harbor channels surrounding Lido Isle has a number of small business centers and was at one time used as a home by the fishing fleets. However the Back Bay also has harbor facilities, especially the marina and launch ramp at Newport Dunes Marina. South of the bridge is commonly called Lower Newport Bay, or Newport Harbor. North of the bridge is referred to as Upper Newport Bay, or the Back Bay. Newport Bay is divided by the Pacific Coast Highway bridge, which is too low for most sailboats and very large boats to pass under. It's a popular destination for all boating activities, including sailing, fishing, rowing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding.Д¬ommercial maritime operations today include the Catalina Flyer ferry to Catalina Island, harbor tours, sport fishing and whale watching day trips and charters, and a few small commercial fishing boats. With approximately 9,000 boats, Newport Harbor is one of the largest recreational boat harbors on the U.S. Its shores are occupied mostly by private homes and private docks. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries such as boatbuilding, shipbuilding, and commercial fishing, but today it is used mostly for recreation.

In 2008, after a long battle with the city of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach annexed West Santa Ana Heights. In 1923, Corona del Mar was annexed and in 2002, Newport Coast, East Santa Ana Heights and San Joaquin Hills, were annexed. Settlements filled in on the Peninsula, West Newport, Newport Island, Balboa Island and Lido Isle. In 1906 (with a population of 206 citizens), the scattered settlements were incorporated as the City of Newport Beach. In 1905, city development increased when Pacific Electric Railway established a southern terminus in Newport connecting the beach with downtown Los Angeles. James McFadden built a long McFadden Wharf in 1888. Meeting in Irvine's ranch house near current day UC Irvine with his brother, Robert Irvine, and friend James McFadden, they all agreed that the newly found port should be named simply, 'Newport' thus where Newport Beach gets its name. James Irvine, after hearing the astonishing news, quickly traveled from his home in San Francisco to the San Joaquin Ranch. Dunnells (against warnings posted by surveyors) safely steered through the lower and upper bay of Newport where it unloaded its cargo. Anglo-American inhabitation in the area grew substantially following the events of 1870 when a 105-ton steamer named The Vaquero, captained by Captain Samuel S. The State of California sold acre-plots of land for $1 a piece in the Newport area. Present day Newport Beach exists upon the unceded homelands of the Tongva people, and they have a historical and continued presence as the traditional caretakers of the land.

Throughout the 1800s, Europeans colonized the land and forcibly removed and assimilated the Tongva. The Lower Bay of Newport was formed much later by sand that was brought along by ocean currents, which constructed the offshore beach that is now recognized as the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach.ДЇor thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land in an extensive, thriving community. The Upper Bay of Newport is a canyon, which was carved by a stream in the Pleistocene period.

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