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Book Title: History And Business Directory Of Humboldt County

SHELTER COVE

Is one of the important shipping points for the southern part of Humboldt
county. The harbor is partially protected, being the shape of a horseshoe,
formed by a sharp trend or curve which the coast takes in a westerly direction
at this point. It is accessible for all crafts the greater part of the year. The
water is deep close in to the shore, and there is plenty of sea room. Beds of
seaweed break the force of the sea when southerly winds prevail. The surrounding
country consists of large sheep and stock ranges, occupied by a superior class
of settlers, the majority of whom own their lands and are steadily improving
their property. Besides grazing, there are large tracts of timber land, chiefly
oak, the bark of which finds its way to the Cove in considerable quantities. The
annual export of tanbark from this point amounts to about 2,000 cords. Like all
open harbors on this coast, Shelter Cove is only used as a shipping point during
the summer months. The exports consists almost entirely of wool, tanbark and
live stock, and the imports of merchandise to supply the wants of the settlers.
A substantial wharf has recently been constructed at Shelter Cove.

    The great attractions offered by the locality in the way of hunting and
fishing, with its picturesque surroundings, have already made it a favorite
resort in summer, and numbers of hunters and campers find their way there
annually. It is the intention to encourage this class of travel by making the
attractions of the place and the ease in which it can be reached, as widely
known as possile. A new hotel which, while serving to supply the wants of those
whose business brings them to the Cove, will also afford accommodation to
parties visiting the place for other purposes. A store has also been erected,
and these atid other improvements in contemplation, with a steady flow of
traffic to and from the Cove, cannot fail to add materially to the attractions
of this point.

    That the place will eventually become the leading shipping point for live
stock is unquestionable. Sheep and cattle while waiting shipment will find ample
and excellent pasture in the immediate neighborhood, and there being no bar as
in other places to cause a risk of detention to vessels with stock on board,
they can be taken to San Francisco ready for the slaughter house in from sixteen
to eighteen hours after leaving the Cove. Prompt transportation and condition on
arrival are matters of vital importance in the eyes of stockmen, and in these
respects Shelter Cove is without a rival as a shipping point.


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History and Business Directory of

HUMBOLDT COUNTY
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE
PICTURESQUE SCENERY
BEAUTIFUL HOMES

THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE CONTAINING NO CHINAMEN

LILLIE E. HAMM, PUBLISHER
(COPYRIGHTED)
EUREKA, CALA.
DAILY HUMBOLDT STANDARD 
NOVEMBER, 1890.


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