Shelter Cove, California

The area around Shelter Cove was originally home to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s known as the [[Sinkyone]] people.

The area around Shelter Cove was originally home to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s known as the [[Sinkyone]] people.

[[Image:SS Columbia Sinking.PNG|thumb|left|upright=1.2|An illustration of the collision between the ''[[SS Columbia (1880)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[San Pedro (steam schooner)|San Pedro]]'' near Shelter Cove on July 21, 1907]]

[[Image:SS Columbia Sinking.PNG|thumb|An illustration of the collision between the ''[[SS Columbia (1880)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[San Pedro (steam schooner)|San Pedro]]'' near Shelter Cove on July 21, 1907]]

Near Shelter Cove on July 21, 1907, the coastal passenger steamer ''[[SS Columbia (1880)|Columbia]]'' collided with the steam schooner ''[[San Pedro (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 ''Columbia'''s survivors.<ref name="Dalton">Dalton, Anthony, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LOQ67VeU3WwC&pg=PA63&dq=SS+Columbia+(1880) A long, dangerous coastline: shipwreck tales from Alaska to California], Heritage House Publishing Company, 1 February 2011, 128 pages.</ref>

Near Shelter Cove on July 21, 1907, the coastal passenger steamer ''[[SS Columbia (1880)|Columbia]]'' collided with the steam schooner ''[[San Pedro (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 ''Columbia'''s survivors.<ref name="Dalton">Dalton, Anthony, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LOQ67VeU3WwC&pg=PA63&dq=SS+Columbia+(1880) A long, dangerous coastline: shipwreck tales from Alaska to California], Heritage House Publishing Company, 1 February 2011, 128 pages.</ref>