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Shelter Cove is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California.〔 It lies at an elevation of 138 feet (42 m).〔 Shelter Cove is on California's Lost Coast where the King Range meets the Pacific Ocean. A 9-hole golf course surrounds the one-runway Shelter Cove Airport at the center of Shelter Cove's commercial district. Utilities are provided by the Humboldt County Resort Improvement District #1 and boating access to the sea is managed by the Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District. The population was 693 at the 2010 census. Shelter Cove shares a ZIP code (95589) with the hamlet of Whitethorn, California, located to the southeast. The community is inside area code 707. Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is about south of Shelter Cove on the coast. There are also state parks such as Black Sands Beach, Mal Coombs Park, Seal Rock Picnic Area and Abalone Point. Much of the land around Shelter Cove belongs to the Kings Range National Conservation Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The nearest supermarket and other amenities not available in Shelter Cove are in the towns of Redway and Garberville in the U.S. 101 corridor, about of winding county roads to the east. ==History== The area around 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 afloat and helped to rescue ''Columbias survivors.〔Dalton, Anthony (A long, dangerous coastline : shipwreck tales from Alaska to California ) Heritage House Publishing Company, 1 Feb 2011 - 128 pages〕 Because of the very steep terrain on the coastal areas surrounding Shelter Cove, the highway builders constructing State Route 1 (the "Shoreline Highway") decided it was too difficult to build the coastal highway along a long stretch of what is now the Lost Coast. As a result, the small fishing village of Shelter Cove remained very secluded from the rest of the populous state, despite being only north of San Francisco, and is accessible by boat, via small mountain road, or by the small Shelter Cove Airport. As a result of its seclusion, the Shelter Cove area has become a popular spot for those seeking quiet vacation respite or retirement area. Popular activities in the area include fishing, whale watching, hiking, diving for abalone, and other outdoor activities. The Cape Mendocino Light, a lighthouse from Cape Mendocino, was moved by helicopter to Mal Coombs Park in 1998 (). A post office operated at Shelter Cove from 1892 to 1933, moving in 1898. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shelter Cove, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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