Chin Chuck to Kolekole: Then and Now

1954

Aerial photos taken by the Navy in 1954 provide a wealth of information about the Hakalau Kuleana:

• The Big Picture: Lots of sugar cane, gulches, polution in Hakalau Bay, and a "smattering" of buildings.
• ​ The Closer Look at the area between Chin Chuck Road and Kolekole.​​​

​Here's an example showing the area from Hakalau Bay to all the way to Honomu.

Aerial photo from the Map Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. The direct link to the landing page is https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/magis. This photo, 016-1095, was taken by the US Navy on November 10, 1954.

Here's a closer view, from Hakalau Bay to Kolekole:

...and a more targeted view, from Chin Chuck Road to Kolekole, focusing on the Old Mamalahoa Highway area.

Here's the detail:

2024
Here's what this area looks like today:

Google Earth image taken December 22, 2024

Gone are Wailea Mill Camp, Wailea Spanish Camp, most of the buildings and teachers cottages of Hakalau School, Hakalau Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Remaining are supervisor houses, Wailea Machi, Hakalau School Park known now as Hakalau Veteran's Park, Hakalau Gym (not useable), Hakalau Iki houselots, and Hakalau Homestead.