Humboldt Lagoons State Park
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California Department of Parks and Recreation |
Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a
Redwood Coast, in Humboldt County, California. It is located along U.S. Route 101 between Trinidad and Orick. The park protects three lagoons with estuaries and wetlands
.
Geography
Big Lagoon is the largest and southernmost lagoon. Stone Lagoon is in the middle, and Freshwater Lagoon is the northernmost and smallest.
The lagoons are shallow
bar separating each lagoon from the ocean.[1] The 2,256-acre (913 ha) park was established in 1931.[2]
The lagoons are resting areas for migratory
Sitka Spruce forests following uplift events and salt marsh or inundated shellfish
beds following subsidence events.
Dry Lagoon
Dry Lagoon, at the southern end of Stone Lagoon, is separated from Stone Lagoon by what may become an island if the sea level rises. Dry Lagoon is presently a wetland representing natural conditions of similar land used for a sawmill near Big Lagoon, or converted to agricultural purposes around the estuaries of Redwood Creek to the north and Little River to the south.
See also
References
- ^ "Humboldt Lagoons SP". California State Parks. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10" (PDF). California State Parks: 26. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Evidence for Great Earthquakes at Southern Humboldt Bay, California in the Past 3000 years" (PDF). Oregon State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2009.