Station Grounds
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Dedicated on Angel Island in 2011 and 2012, the Immigrant Heritage Walls contains 284 granite plaques honoring immigrant ancestors and former detainees.
For many, the island was a prison; for others, it was a home. Learn about the Station’s employee residents and what it was like growing up on Angel Island.
The Immigration Station was once home to hundreds of plant varieties from all over the world, some of which can still be found today.
In April 1979, restauranteur Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron donated a three-ton granite monument to Angel Island to honor the Chinese immigrants detained at the site.