Honu'apo Park Resource Management Plan

Honuÿapo Park Final Resources Management Plan
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The concrete pier still
visible at Honuÿapo
Bay was constructed in
1910. The harbor at
Honuÿapo continued
operations until 1942.
After that, sugar was
trucked to Hilo for offisland
shipment.
While in operation, the
Honuÿapo sugar mill
used a flume to
Old Photograph of Honuÿapo Sugar Mill
transport bagasse from
the mill directly to the
Photograph Courtesy of Iwao Yonemitsu
coast and out to the
ocean. This practice
was discontinued and replaced by settling ponds along the coast after the EPA
passed the Clean Water Act (CWA) in 1972.
The Honuÿapo mill was shut down in 1973 and sugar plantation activities in Kaÿü
were then centered at the Pähala plantation, under the ownership of C. Brewer
Company. In 1996, because of decreasing revenues caused by increasing
competition from developing countries and decreasing demand for cane sugar, the
Pähala plantation ceased operation. This marked the end of the sugar plantation era
in Kaÿü.
2.5 Archaeological Sites
Five archaeological studies have
been conducted within the
Honuÿapo Park property between
1906 and 2009. These studies have
recorded over 200 archaeological
features, the majority of which are
located in the northern portion of the
property, in Hiÿonaÿä ahupuaÿa.
These studies also indicate that waste
fill disposal by the Honuÿapo Sugar
Plantation in various areas of the
property and particularly around the
estuary have likely covered many
other archaeological sites.
Archaeological feature at Honuÿapo