Ala Wai Canal initially called a lagoon
The map published in Pinkham’s Board of Health Report Feb. 21, 1906 for the proposed lagoon shows a 250′ wide walled channel running far out to sea, on one end. On the other end were to be two 50′ wide channels to deep water. One became Kapahulu Ave. the other would have run through the center of Kapiolani Park. Why were the two 50′ wide channels not built? When and why did the lagoon become known as the Ala Wai Canal?