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Scotia, formerly known as Forestville until 1888, is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. [5] [6] [2] It is located on the Eel River along U.S. Route 101, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southeast of Fortuna and 244 miles (393 km) north of San Francisco. [5]
However, incorporated municipalities heavily depend upon a single industry or organization and may be loosely considered a "company town", even though the company does not technically own the town. Scotia, California is a company town, previously owned by The Pacific Lumber Company, and is being dismantled through PLC's bankruptcy process. [30]
Hilt, California, owned by Northern California Lumber Co., then purchased by the Fruit Growers Supply Company, an affiliate of Sunkist; Irvine, California, built by The Irvine Company and incorporated in 1971; the largest planned community in the world, but technically not a company town. Kirkwood, California, Owned by Vail Resorts
This fairly large town sits approximately 35 miles northwest of downtown Chicago and is known for its excellent schools and strong sense of community—easy highway access and public ...
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec: 611 mi (983 km) Water boundary with Nova Scotia Minnesota: Manitoba and Ontario: 547 mi (880 km) Water boundary with Ontario Montana: Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan: 545 mi (877 km) New York: Ontario and Quebec: 445 mi (716 km) Water and land boundary with Ontario Washington: British Columbia ...
The Scotia Mill and log pond. Pacific Lumber (or PL, as locals have known it for generations) began during the heat of the US Civil War in 1863 when A. W. McPherson and Henry Wetherbee purchased 6,000 acres (24 km 2) of timberland on California's Eel River at the rate of $1.25 per acre.
Rio Dell (Spanish: Río Dell, [7] meaning "river," with English "dell," meaning small valley in a woodland) [8] is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.It is located on the west bank of the Eel River 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Scotia [8] at an elevation of 161 feet (49 m). [4]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake was recorded in Northern California, ... SAN FRANCISCO ‒ A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia on Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, ...