Requa (

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 ...

: ''Rekwoi'') is an

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Del Norte County ), in California , seat_type = County seat , seat = Crescent City , parts_type = Largest city , parts = Crescent City , unit_pref = US , area_total_sq_mi = 1230 , area_land_sq_mi = 1006 , area_water_sq_mi = 223 , elevation_max_footnote ...

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. It is on the north bank of the

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 ...

less than a mile (1.6 km) from its mouth, at an elevation of 125 feet (38 m). Requa is a small town on the north bank of the

. The town was settled by Europeans in 1851 after prospectors arrived. Requa is a

word translated to “mouth of the creek”, the name of a pre-colonial Native-American village ( Rekwoi) one mile upstream from today's Requa. A post office operated at Requa 1878–1970, with closures in 1883 and moves in 1895 and 1898. On May 20, 2012, Requa was the first town on the

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continent to experience an

annular eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mon ...

from the centerline since May 10, 1994. Requa was home to one of several salmon canneries for the Klamath Packing & Trading Co. which was founded in 1881. At its peak, the company was reporting over 10,000 salmon brought in per day, holding the record of 17,000 one day in 1912. A portion of the Requa land is part of Redwood National Park, and includes a world-class overlook above the mouth of the

, providing opportunities for whale and bird watching, among others.

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* Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Del Norte County, California Populated coastal places in California {{DelNorteCountyCA-geo-stub