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Aerial view of Humboldt Bay, the Port facilities (primarily in the upper left of photo) and the City of Eureka, California. The Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District (HBHRCD), created in 1972 by local voters, is the governing body of the Port of Humboldt Bay, a deep water port, and the Port of Eureka.
Humboldt Bay (Wiyot: Wigi) [3] is a natural bay [4] and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon [5] located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, United States. It is the largest protected body of water on the West Coast between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound , the second-largest enclosed bay in California ...
In addition, Eureka has a very short and milder range of temperatures compared to most of the contiguous US, with the all-time highest and lowest temperatures recorded in Eureka being only 87 °F (30.6 °C) on October 26, 1993, September 2, 2017, [71] and September 28, 2020, [72] and 20 °F (−6.7 °C) on January 14, 1888, respectively. On ...
Table Bluff Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, which was located on Table Bluff just south of Humboldt Bay.Built to guide vessels away from the notoriously dangerous and rough coastline and to let them know proximity of the nearby bay and entrance, the lighthouse was one of the first to be automated.
The Pacific coast of California has few natural harbors in comparison to similar lengths of the Atlantic coast of the United States. [2] Humboldt Bay, Bodega Harbor, Tomales Bay, Drakes Estero, San Francisco Bay, Morro Bay, Los Angeles - Long Beach Harbor, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Back Bay, Mission Bay, and San Diego Bay are identified by the policy.
Humboldt Bay, the only deepwater port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, Oregon, is located on the coast at the midpoint of the county. Humboldt County contains a diversity of plant and animal species, with significant forest and coastal habitats.
In 1883 Alexander Ballantyne and Albert Henry Payson, working for the United States Lighthouse Board designed a wharf, stone-cutter's shed, mess hall and housing adjacent to the Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse to prepare and dress hundreds of 2.5 ton granite boulders transported from the Mad River Quarry on railroad flatbed cars transported on barges across the bay. [5]
Woodley Island [1] is an island located in Humboldt Bay in the city of Eureka, California. [2] The Table Bluff Lighthouse was moved to the island in 1987. [3] There is also a marina on the island. [4] The island is accessible by boat and car and is located across from downtown Eureka. [5]