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The Big River is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km) [2] river in Mendocino County, California, that flows from the northern California Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Mendocino, Mendocino County, California. From the mouth, brackish waters extend 8 miles (13 km) upstream, forming the longest undeveloped estuary in the state.
Big River is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 1,084 at the 2020 census, down from 1,327 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,084 at the 2020 census, down from 1,327 at the 2010 census.
California Gold Rush entrepreneur Henry Meiggs owned one of California's first sawmills near Bodega.After that sawmill had converted nearby forests to lumber for the booming city of San Francisco, Meiggs investigated reports of coastal forests to the north and shipped a boiler and steam-powered gang sawmill around Cape Horn to be erected on the navigable Big River estuary.
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Big River No. 555 recorded a population of 889 living in 352 of its 656 total private dwellings, a 4% change from its 2011 population of 855. With a land area of 2,487.82 km 2 (960.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km 2 (0.9/sq mi) in 2016.
Location of XL Ranch. The XL Ranch is an Indian reservation located in Modoc County, north of Burney, California. [1]It is home to the Hewisedawi band of the Pit River Tribe, a federally recognized tribe, which includes 9 bands of Achomawi Indians [2] and 2 bands of Atsugewi Indians.
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Butte Creek is a tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California, United States.About 93 miles (150 km) in length, [4] it runs through much of Butte County, California (the county, however, receives its name from the Sutter Buttes in Sutter County, California).
Little River (Wiyot: p'lèt kacamale "rocks-small" [2]) is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) [3] westward-flowing stream in Mendocino County, California which empties into the Pacific Ocean in Van Damme State Park near the town of Little River, California. Big River enters the Pacific about 2 miles (3 km) farther north.