Trinity River (California)
The Trinity River is a major river in northwestern California in the United States and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River. The Trinity flows for 165 miles (266 km) through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges, with a watershed area of nearly 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2) in Trinity and Humboldt Counties. Designated a National Wild and Scenic River, along most of its course the Trinity flows swiftly through tight canyons and mountain meadows.
Trinity River near Weaverville
Swift Creek, in the headwaters of the Trinity River, is mostly fed by snowmelt.
Trinity River near Hoopa
Trinity Alps west of Trinity Lake
The Yurok are an Indigenous peoples of California from along the Klamath River and Pacific coast, whose homelands stretch from Trinidad in the south to Crescent City in the north.
Yurok man and canoe on the Trinity River by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923
Mouth of the Klamath River at the Pacific Ocean
19th century Yurok spoons
Yurok basketweaver