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Designated. January 19, 1981. The Van Duzen River is a river on the north coast of California. It is a major tributary of the Eel River and drains 429 square miles (1,110 km 2 ), mostly in Humboldt County, with a small portion in Trinity County. The river travels 63 miles (101 km) from its headwaters on the west side of the North Coast Range to ...
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, harboring groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River.It is located 20 miles (32 km) south of Eureka, California, then another 17 miles (27 km) east of Fortuna on State Route 36.
Lawrence Creek, Cooper Mill Creek. Yager Creek is a tributary stream of the Van Duzen River on the north coast of California in Humboldt County, California. It has its source at the confluence of North Fork Yager Creek and Middle Fork Yager Creek. Its mouth is at the confluence with the Van Duzen River just below the town of Carlotta .
Fortuna ( Spanish for "Fortune"; Wiyot: Vutsuwitk Da'l) [6] is a city on the northeast shore of the Eel River, approximately 9 miles (14 km) from where it enters the Pacific Ocean, and is on U.S. Route 101 in west-central Humboldt County, California, United States. The population was 12,516 at the 2020 census, up from 11,926 at the 2000 census .
Below the South Fork the Eel flows through a wider agricultural valley, past Scotia and Rio Dell, before receiving the Van Duzen River from the east. At Fortuna, the river turns west across the coastal plain and enters the Pacific via a large estuary in central Humboldt County, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Eureka.
Alton (formerly, Hansen) [2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-southeast of Fortuna, [2] at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m). [1] Alton is located along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 36. The ZIP Code is 95540. The community is inside area code 707 .
California Midland Railroad extended the Eel River and Eureka Railroad up the Van Duzen River to Carlotta, and was merged into SF&NW in 1903. California Northwestern Railway formed in 1898 for Southern Pacific Railroad to assume control of the SF&NP and extend the line from Ukiah to Willits in 1902. An extension was built from Willits to ...
Bridgeville (formerly Robinsons Ferry and Bridgeport) [2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of Weott, [2] at an elevation of 636 feet (194 m). [1] Bridgeville is 260 mi (420 km) north of San Francisco, with a population of about 25.