Monterey
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Monterey, California.
In 1945 author John Steinbeck immortalized the one mile stretch that was Ocean View Avenue in Monterey with his book ‘Cannery Row.’ Steinbeck modeled his famous fictional character ‘Doc’ in his novels ‘Cannery Row’ and ‘Sweet Thursday’ on his friend and mentor Ed Ricketts.

Monterey Bay Area Attractions

Cannery Row	Old Fisherman’s Wharf	Point Sur Lighthouse	Pinnacles Monument	Earthbound Farms
Monterey Bay Aquarium	Big Sur	Pebble Beach Golf Courses	Laguna Seca Raceway	National Steinbeck Center
Coast Recreation Trail	Carmel Mission	17 Mile Drive	John Steinbeck	Point Piños Lighthouse
San Carlos Beach	Taste of Monterey	Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary	Carmel Mission

Colleges and Universities
California State University Monterey Bay
Naval Postgraduate School
Defense Language Institute
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey Institute of International Studies


Area Businesses
Carmel/Monterey Peninsula Airport
Monterey Convention Center
US Army Garrison Presidio

Community Hospital of Monterey
Modern marine biology’s study and understanding of the inter-relationships of marine species. His book, ‘Between Pacific Tides,’ published in 1939, is still in the curriculum for students of marine biology. His home and laboratory at 800 Cannery Row, like the man, lives in the fictional world of literature and in the real world of a street now known as Cannery Row.