1966 Map of Fern Canyon

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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park dominates this coastal survey, preserving a dense network of redwood forest and riparian canyons along the Northern California shoreline. The landscape is defined by the steep elevation changes between the Gold Bluffs and the interior ridges, where numerous watercourses like Butler Creek and McGarvey Creek carve through the terrain toward the Pacific Ocean. A complex system of footpaths, including the West Ridge Trail and Rhododendron Trail, suggests the area's primary use for conservation and recreation during the mid-1960s.