North Shore Beach and Yacht Club

It opened in 1959 as part of a $2 million development along the northeastern shore of the Salton Sea which would become California's largest marina.

Ever-increasing salinity from agricultural runoff from both the Coachella Valley and Imperial County combined with fluctuating water levels culminated in a major flood in 1981, destroying the club's jetty and making it impossible for boats to dock at the club; it would be completely closed by 1984.

Like the majority of the buildings which surround it, the North Shore Beach and Yacht Club was abandoned and vandalized.

[5] Several prominent figures from the entertainment industry docked boats there, among them members of The Beach Boys, Guy Lombardo, Jerry Lewis and The Marx Brothers.

North Shore Beach and Yacht Club is pictured on the Album cover of Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park.

After closing in 1984 the abandoned Yacht Club was in a state of disrepair, as seen when this picture was taken, until its restoration in 2010
Scan of historic postcard depicting the North Shore Yacht Club on its bottom half