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Dog-hole ports
A Dog-hole port was the name given to small ports on the Pacific Coast between Central California and Southern Oregon that operated between the mid-1800s until 1939. They were called dog-holes because the schooners that served them would have to be able to "turn around in a harbor barely small enough for a dog".〔http://fortrossinterpretive.org/history/cultural-history/〕
==The Pacific Coast==
There are five major seaports between Canada and Mexico: Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California. Of the other ports on the Redwood Coast only Caspar, Crescent City, Humboldt, Noyo and Mendocino could serve as ports for the largest coastwise and small deepwater vessels. Another 20 could hold medium sized coasters. The rest, dog-holes, could only serve the smallest of the ships. The Redwood Coast extended from San Simeon in California's Central coast to the Chetco River on Oregon's Southwestern coast.
Usually, lumber schooners were the only connecters between the lumber ports and the major cities. They brought all types of supplies to the ports and returned with boards, farm produce, and even livestock. Most of the hulls were built on the Pacific Coast and towed to San Francisco loaded with cargo for finishing.
The Redwood Coast is dominated by cliffs and bluffs uplifted from the ocean floor by waves and currents from marine terraces. Since there are few rivers to create ports, the topography made it difficult to handle cargo.
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