Indian Island
Tuluwat Island is located on Humboldt Bay within the city of Eureka, California. The 1860 massacre of the Wiyot people was perpetrated in the village of Tolowot or Tuluwat on this island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Humboldt County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Duluwat Island”, “Gunther Island”, “Gunther’s Island”, “Tuluwat Island”, and “Tuluwat Island / Dulawo’t”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carson Mansion and Clarke Historical Museum.
Carson Mansion
Clarke Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Monotropa uniflora, Public domain.
The Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, California contains the area's premier collection of California North Coast regional and cultural history. The facility houses a Native American wing, Nealis Hall, which features an internationally recognized collection…
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum is located in Samoa, California, a small town across Humboldt Bay from Eureka. The focus of the museum is the preservation and interpretation of its collection of artifacts, photographs, library archives and materials which relate principally to the maritime history of California's North Coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eureka and Samoa.
Eureka
Samoa
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Samoa is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of Eureka, at an elevation of 23 feet. Samoa is located in the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay and is the site of the Samoa Cookhouse, one of the last remaining original lumber camp–style cookhouses.
Myrtletown
Village
Myrtletown is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Myrtletown lies at an elevation of 112 feet. Myrtletown is a part of the Eureka, California metropolitan area.
Indian Island
- Categories: archaeological site, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.81382° or 40° 48′ 50″ northLongitude
-124.16753° or 124° 10′ 3″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
84GQRR7J+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 40500708OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5565702Wikidata ID
Q6020745
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Malayalam—“Indian Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Indian Island”
- Dutch: “Indian Island”
- Malayalam: “ഇന്ത്യൻ ഐലൻറ്”
- Malayalam: “ദുലുവാത് ഐലൻറ്,”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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