A Brief History of North Fork Canal: Using Historical Archives to Research Water History in the Upper Santa Ana Watershed Kyle Quarles Candidate for BA History Fall 2009 Project Overview Kyle‘s research about the history and development of the North Fork Canal in the Upper Santa Ana Watershed in San Bernardino County offers a perspective of how water infrastructure has changed over the years. Kyle's project also included integrating Geospatial mapping to integrate old and new information to illuminate these changes over time.