Logging town on the precipice of change

• Posted By: Marc Martin
• Posted On: 4:19 p.m. | June 24, 2011

Scotia, 30 miles south of Eureka, was built in the 1880s by Pacific Lumber Co. to house the lumberjacks and mill workers who harvested the thick forests of the largely isolated region.

The town was named for the Nova Scotians who came here for work, and who reported for duty on the lumber company’s whistle, bought groceries at the lumber company’s store and lived in the lumber company’s houses.

Now the town is on the precipice of change

On Aug. 30, voters will decide whether they want Scotia to become an independent community services district within Humboldt County. A majority “yes” vote would allow the locals to elect five board members to run the town’s affairs.

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