CIMI, the Catalina Island Marine Institute, runs a program from September through November, taking a winter break then recommencing February through May.

Scouts sleep in two-person canvas tents set on wooden platforms located up the canyon under the cherry trees.

The "Tribe" was instituted by Council Executive H. Benjamin "Skipper" Robinson as a special group of honor campers.

[2] As of 2024, Camp Cherry Valley has been decommissioned, as the Greater Los Angeles Area Council could not come to an agreement with the Catalina Island Conservancy to continue its lease.

The mine was shut down by orders from Abraham Lincoln, after he had got rumors the Confederate army may attack California to acquire gold and silver to fund their war efforts.

Throughout the 1920s-1930s, Scouts would travel via train from Pasadena to San Pedro, then take The Great White Steamer (SS Catalina) to Avalon.

Beginning in 1947, Scouts traveled directly from San Pedro to Cherry Cove on the H-10 water taxi.

For decades, Doc Thomson supported the health lodge with summer staffing and supplies.