North Coast · CA
Crescent City
A redwood-coast harbor that tsunamis keep finding.
- Population
- 6,673 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1854
- 1964 tsunami
- 12 dead
Then
- Before 1850s
The Tolowa settlement of Taa-'at-dvn stands at Battery Point.
- 1854
Crescent City incorporates.
- 1865
The paddle steamer Brother Jonathan strikes an uncharted rock off Point St. George on July 30.
- 1964
Tsunamis from the Great Alaska earthquake destroy much of the city on March 27. The fourth wave reaches about 20 feet.
- 2011
Tsunami surges from Japan wreck the harbor and destroy 35 boats.
Now
Crescent City is Del Norte County's only incorporated city and its county seat, home port for a commercial fishing fleet and headquarters of Redwood National Park. Congress authorized the Battery Point Light in 1855.