Excerpted from the CA State Parks website:
Little River meanders through Fern Canyon, as does a lovely trail which crosses the river nine times. Fern Canyon Trail, paved along its lower stretch, follows the route of an old logging skid road. For three decades, beginning in 1864, ox teams hauled timber through the canyon.
A lumber mill once stood at the mouth of Little River. During the late nineteenth century, schooners, used for shipping logs and lumber, were constructed at a boatworks located at the river mouth. Lumberman and San Francisco businessman Charles F. Van Damme was born in the hamlet of Little River. He purchased land on the site of the former sawmill and bequeathed the river mouth and canyon to the state park system.
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F2POTW - 7/13/2012
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paspog 10 months ago | reply
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Don McCullough 10 months ago | reply
Looks like we were in the same area for a week of fog. I love the depth of the green in this photo.
fruvous2 10 months ago | reply
SolanoSnapper 10 months ago | reply
Beautiful image and I love that you added some history!