Pekwan (also, Pack-wans, Pak-wan, Pank-wans, Pec-quan, Pek-wan, and Tirip'ama,

Yurok The Yurok (Karuk language: Yurúkvaarar / Yuru Kyara - "downriver Indian; i.e. Yurok Indian") are an Indigenous people from along the Klamath River and Pacific coast, whose homelands are located in present-day California stretching from Trinidad ...

: Pekwon ) is a former

settlement in Humboldt County,

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. It is located on the

Lower Klamath River The Klamath River (Karuk: ''Ishkêesh'', Klamath: ''Koke'', Yurok: ''Hehlkeek 'We-Roy'') flows through Oregon and northern California in the United States, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. By average discharge, the Klamath is the second large ...

at the mouth of

Pecwan Creek Pecwan (Yurok: ''Pekwan'') alifornia Place Names of Indian Origin (Kroeber, 1916)/ref> is a locality in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Klamath River The Klamath River (Karuk: ''Ishkêesh'', Klamath: ''Koke'', Yurok: ''Hehlke ...

, at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m).

References

Former settlements in Humboldt County, California Former Native American populated places in California Yurok villages {{HumboldtCountyCA-geo-stub