Concepcion Bay

Concepción Bay is a long inlet on the eastern coast of the Baja California Peninsula, sheltered from the Gulf of California by a narrow peninsula. Its beaches and coves lie between the sea and the dry hills of the peninsula's interior. To the north, the Cochimí settlement of Mulegé stood beside a river reaching the gulf. In 1705 the Jesuit Juan Manuel de Basaldúa founded the mission of Santa Rosalía there, beginning a new chapter in the history of the coast.