The Cajon Canal was one of the oldest and most significant historical resources in Yorba Linda and was instrumental in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in bringing water to farms and ranches in north Orange County, including Bryant Ranch, helping drive the area’s early growth and development. Originally spanning 16 miles from its headgate at Bedrock Crossing in Coal Canyon to the Tuffree Reservoir, now Tri-City Park, in Placentia, the canal began construction in 1875 under the Cajon Ditch Company and was completed in 1878 under the joint ownership of the Cajon Irrigation Company and the Anaheim Water Company. By 1884, the Cajon Irrigation Company, reorganized as the North Anaheim Canal Company, merged with the Anaheim Water Company to form the Anaheim Union Water Company, which improved the canal, including adding concrete lining to this segment in 1923. Originally built as an earthen ditch carrying 3 feet of water, the canal was managed in part by zanjeros, or ditch riders, who oversaw the flow and distribution of water to the lands it irrigated; in Yorba Linda, the best known were the Navarro family, who managed it for 90 years. In 1967, the Orange County Water District obtained title to the canal and later abandoned it in 1968 after severe flooding damaged it. By then it had become obsolete because of improved irrigation technology and increased urbanization, and since then ownership has passed to Yorba Linda, which has filled in many segments for equestrian and multipurpose trails. Today, this 720 foot section is one of the canal’s last remaining visible segments.