Dominguez Slough (American English pronunciation: slew or slu)[1] was an endorheic lake and wetland in present-day Gardena, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Known for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century as Nigger Slough, it was renamed Lagunas de los Dominguez in 1938 in reference to the rancho-era Dominguez family.[2] The slough was a "winding body of fresh water that wandered though Gardena and Carson on its way to the mud flats of San Pedro."[2] Gardena is reportedly so named because "of the Laguna Dominguez slough and channel which in summer cuts a green swath across the barren brown landscape—an oasis in the drab, parched landscape between Los Angeles and the harbor area."[3]
- ^ How to Pronounce Slough, November 23, 2021, archived from the original on 2022-09-14, retrieved 2022-07-26
- ^ a b Atkinson, Janet I. (1988). Los Angeles County Historical Directory. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89950-301-1. OCLC 18106218.
- ^ "City of Gardena Born in Exciting Era of 1930". Gardena Valley News and Gardena Tribune. May 15, 1960. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-05-19.