Shelter Cove, California
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Shelter Cove is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 138 feet. Shelter Cove is on California's Lost Coast where the King Range meets the
Aerial view of Shelter Cove
Stormy weather in Shelter Cove
Black Sands Beach, Shelter Cove, 2019
SS Columbia (1880)
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SS Columbia was a cargo and passenger steamship that was owned by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and later the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company. Columbia was constructed in 1880
Shelter Cove, California
…Shelter Cove was originally home to Native Americans known as the Sinkyone people. Near Shelter Cove on July 21, 1907, the coastal passenger steamer Columbia collided with the steam schooner San Pedro amidst dense fog. The Columbia subsequently sank, killing 88 people. Although badly damaged, San Pedro stayed…
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The SS Columbia around 1880, under full sail in rough seas displaying all of her colors
Artwork of the SS Columbia in the late 1890s. The Union Pacific Railroad logo is sported on the ship's funnel.
The Edison dynamos of the SS Columbia as seen in May 1880