King Salmon is an

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Humboldt County, California Humboldt County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka, California, Eureka. Humboldt County compri ...

, United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to

Humboldt Bay Humboldt Bay (Wiyot language, Wiyot: ''Wigi'') is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast (California), North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, ...

, slightly south of

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and north of Fields Landing, at an elevation of . It has a

zipcode and area code and is part of Greater Eureka.

Overview

Once a small fishing enclave, primarily containing summer homes or vacation homes and is the former site of the

Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant The Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 was a 63 MWe nuclear boiling water reactor, owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company that operated from August 1963 to July 1976 just south of Eureka, California, in an area referred to as King Salmon and Fie ...

. The Sequoia Humane Society is a privately funded

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for dogs and cats that sponsors "Woofstock" every year at Eureka's Halvorsen Park.Sequoia Humane Society webpage
2013, accessed September 23, 2013 King Salmon is served by the

Redwood Transit System The Redwood Transit System is a commuter transit service administered by Humboldt Transit Authority that operates Monday-Saturday on the Highway 101 corridor between Trinidad and Scotia in Humboldt County, California. The Redwood Transit System s ...

, has marina services and a recreational vehicle park as well as a public picnic area on the top of Buhne Point adjacent to the power plant. Construction of a

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in 1983 slowed erosion along the shoreline of King Salmon, sand was added to make the beach. File:Mouth of Humboldt Bay from King Salmon CA.jpg, The mouth of Humboldt Bay as seen from King Salmon

References

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