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Sinkyone Sunset

Sinkyone Sunset takes place in the Lost Coast area of California. Sinkyone Sunset is a view of one of the most rugged sections of coastline in California.

This view in Sinkyone Sunset looks south into the Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. The park is named for the tribe of Native Americans known as the Sinkyone. For thousands of years before the first settlers arrived, the Sinkyone Indians lived in this section of the California coast. They lived in villages next to the streams and rivers of the area.  They would hunt and forage in the hills during the summer. Along the coast they would fish, gather seaweed and shellfish. They would hunt seals and sea lions. Occasionally when a dead whale would wash ashore they would harvest the whales. Fish were an important source of food with the seasonal salmon run being very important.

This coastal region of California is known as the “Lost Coast”. The steepness of the land and the geological conditions prevented any extensive road development into the area. This has left it the most undeveloped area of the California Coast. The name the Lost Coast is also attributed to the fact that during the 1930′s there was an extensive depopulation of the area.

A Sinkyone Sunset is often a photographic subject for me when visiting the area. It is one of the most breathtaking views of the California Coast that I know of. Often the area can be covered in fog, but when clear you view a coastline that very few people ever visit.

Sinkyone Sunset was captured on a drive back from a month long trip to the Oregon and Washington States. Whenever driving down Highway 101 in Humboldt County I almost always have to venture out to the town of Shelter Cove to view a Sinkyone Sunset.

On this particular evening the sky was clear with the fog bank offshore. The “magic hour” of golden sunset light enveloped the coast in a warm light. And yet another Sinkyone Sunset was enjoyed and captured as a photograph.