Carmel

Also called �Carmel-by-the-sea, � city, Monterey county, western California, U.S., on the Carmel River and Carmel Bay, adjacent to Monterey. The river was named by the Spanish explorer Sebasti�n Vizca�no and a group of Carmelite friars in 1602. The nearby Mission San Carlos Borrom�o del R�o Carmelo was founded in 1770 at Monterey by the Spanish Franciscan missionary Jun�pero Serra; it was moved to the Carmel area