You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:

This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

The IP address or range 44.201.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪ST47‬ for the following reason(s):

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN.
We recommend that you attempt to use another connection to edit. For example, if you use a proxy or VPN to connect to the internet, turn it off when editing Wikipedia. If you edit using a mobile connection, try using a Wi-Fi connection, and vice versa. If you are using a corporate internet connection, switch to a different Wi-Fi network. If you have a Wikipedia account, please log in.
If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

How to appeal if you are confident that your connection does not use a web host's IP address:
If you are confident that you are not using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Caught by a web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~)). You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined here. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. There are several reasons you might be editing using the IP address of a web host (such as if you are using VPN software or a business network); please use this method of appeal only if you think your IP address is in fact not a web host.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and they should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator.

This block will expire on 23:54, 31 July 2024.

Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors.

For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful.

Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked
Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by ‪AntiCompositeNumber‬. The reason given is Open proxy/Webhost: Visit the FAQ if you are affected .
- Start of block: 13:55, 18 August 2022
- Expiry of block: 13:55, 18 April 2025
Your current IP address is 44.201.28.123. The blocked range is 44.201.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

You can view and copy the source of this page:

((redirect|China Camp|for the former tin mining community in Australia|China Camp, Queensland))
((distinguish|Chinese Camp, California))
((Use mdy dates|date=December 2021))
((Infobox NRHP
| name                     = China Camp
| nrhp_type                = hd
| nocat                    = yes
| designated_other1        = California
| designated_other1_number = 924<ref name=CHL>((cite ohp|924|China Camp|2012-10-09))</ref>
| image                    = China Camp 3654.jpg
| caption                  = China Camp in 2010
| coordinates              = ((coord|38|0|3|N|122|27|41|W|display=inline))
| locmapin                 = California#USA
| locmap_relief            = 1
| location                 = [[San Rafael, California]]
| area                     = ((convert|75|acre|ha))
| built                    = 1865–1925
| added                    = April 26, 1979
| refnum                   = 79000493<ref name="nris">((NRISref|2006a))</ref>
))
'''China Camp State Park''' is a [[state park]] in [[Marin County, California]], surrounding a historic [[Chinese American]] [[shrimp fishery|shrimp-fishing]] village and a [[salt marsh]]. The park is located in [[San Rafael, California]], on the shore of [[San Pablo Bay]]. It is known for its hiking and mountain biking trails, scenic views, and open spaces. The ((convert|1514|acre|ha|adj=on)) park was established in 1976.<ref>((cite journal |title=California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10 |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/795/files/09-10%20statistical%20report%20final%20online.pdf |website=parks.ca.gov |publisher=California State Parks |page=22 |access-date=2011-10-29))</ref> A ((convert|75|acre|ha|adj=on)) district, including the shrimping village and a prehistoric [[shell midden]], were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979 for having state-level significance in archaeology, architecture, commerce, settlement, and social history.<ref>((cite journal |last=Bingham |first=Jeffrey C. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: China Camp |url=((NRHP url |id=80000408)) |website=npgallery.nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |date=1978-08-22 |access-date=2015-05-10))</ref> China Camp State Park, along with the Rush Ranch Open Space Preserve, is part of the [[San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.sfbaynerr.org/reserves/ |title=San Francisco Bay NERR::Reserve Sites |access-date=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905031203/http://www.sfbaynerr.org/reserves/ |archive-date=2009-09-05))</ref>

==History==
((More citations needed section|date=December 2020))

===Pre-Chinese settlement===
Prior to the 1700s, the area now containing the park was inhabited by indigenous [[Coast Miwok]] people, who lived by hunting, harvesting acorns from the local oaks, and fishing and gathering seafood from the bay. After the [[History of California#Spanishsettlement|1775 arrival of the Spanish]], who founded the nearby [[Mission San Rafael Arcángel]], the Miwok were largely wiped out within 100 years.

In 1844, the Spanish granted much of the land that now comprises the park to Timothy Murphy, an [[Ireland|Irish]] settler who became mayor ([[alcalde]]) of [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. Following the [[Conquest of California|United States takeover of California]] in 1846, Murphy lost most of his land and subsequently died, and the land came into the possession of John and George McNear, two [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] businessmen who established a large dairy ranch and other businesses, such as a quarry and brickyard, on the site. These businesses employed a number of Chinese immigrants, who began to settle in the area.

===Chinese settlement===
[[File:Sign for China Camp State Park.jpg|thumb|Sign for China Camp State Park]]
[[File:China Camp 247 N San Pedro Rd San Rafael CA 3-21-2010 4-39-54 PM.JPG|thumb|The Chinese shrimp fishing village in 2010]]
By the 1880s, Chinese Americans had established a village at China Camp of approximately 500 people, many of whom were originally from [[Guangzhou|Canton, China]]. They supported themselves by shrimp fishing in San Pablo Bay or working at local businesses. In its heyday, the village had three general stores, a marine supply store and a barber shop. China Camp was one of approximately 26 such shrimp-fishing villages established along the coast by Chinese Americans, many of whom had moved from [[San Francisco]] to escape racial prejudice and persecution. For a brief time following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] and fire, China Camp's population increased to 10,000 as residents of [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco's Chinatown]] fled from the destruction.

In the late 1800s, the Chinese American fishermen of China Camp would catch ((Convert|3|e6lb|e6kg|abbr=off)) of shrimp per year, much of which was exported to China and Hawaii. However, the economy of the village was severely harmed by the passage of laws in the early 1900s that outlawed the export of shrimp, closed the height of the shrimping season, and prohibited shrimping with bag nets which were the main method of catching shrimp. As a result, the population of China Camp greatly declined, leaving only one family — the Quans — carrying on shrimp fishing.

In 1914, a new net, the [[trawling|trawl]], was invented, which made it possible for the Quans to resume their commercial shrimp fishing enterprise and process 5,000 pounds of shrimp per day. They also operated other businesses such as a general store, a boat rental, and a cafe, which served both villagers and visitors who came to the area for outdoor recreation.

===Establishment of state park===
[[File:Boat tied up off pier at China Camp State Park.jpg|thumb|Boat tied up off pier at China Camp State Park]]
By the 1960s, most of the surrounding area, including the future park lands, was owned or controlled by developer [[Chinn Ho]]. The shrimp population of San Pablo Bay had also greatly declined due to [[water pollution]] and diversion, although Frank Quan, the grandson of the original Quan patriarch who came to China Camp and the last remaining Quan family member living there, continued to fish, selling most of his catch for bait.

In the early 1970s, [[Gulf Oil]] expressed interest in large-scale development of the area, including [[high-rise]] [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]]s and large commercial areas. Local residents and environmental and conservation groups protested the plan, and as a result, the land was sold for approximately $2.3 million in 1976 to the nonprofit California State Parks Foundation, who in turn sold it to the state of California to create China Camp State Park. Chinn Ho donated the ((Convert|36|acre|ha|adj=on)) site of China Camp village for preservation as a memorial to Chinese American history. The general plan established for the park specifically provided that Frank Quan would be permitted to continue living in the village.

==== 1975 Barbecue murders ====
[[File:Pier at China Camp State Park.jpg|thumb|Pier at China Camp State Park]]
((Main|Barbecue murders))
The park is also known for the 1975 [[barbecue murders]], in which a local teenager, Marlene Olive, and her boyfriend, Chuck Riley, killed her parents, Jim and Naomi Olive, in the nearby suburban community of [[Terra Linda, San Rafael, California|Terra Linda]] and then tried to dispose of the bodies by cremating them in a [[barbecue in the United States|barbecue pit]] (firepit) at the park.

===2011 proposed closure controversy===

[[File:The sun shines through the clouds at China Camp.jpg|thumb|left|The sun shines through the clouds at China Camp]]

In 2011, China Camp State Park was one of 70 parks slated for closure by the state of California in connection with a $22 million state budget cut. Marin County residents voiced concern that if closed, the park could fall into disrepair, including the historic Chinese village which, according to Frank Quan — then 85 years old and the last remaining resident of the village — was the last of the 26 coastal Chinese fishing villages with enough original structures left to preserve. The [[California Department of Parks and Recreation|California state parks department]] claimed that China Camp State Park was running at a deficit and that it lacked the money to keep it and other parks open.

The nonprofits Marin State Parks Association and Friends of China Camp, along with various other residents and community groups, protested the closure and raised funds to save the park. After an investigation by the ''[[Sacramento Bee]]'' revealed that the state parks department had an undeclared budget surplus of $54 million, leading to the resignation of the state parks director and the firing of her assistant, an agreement was reached under which China Camp State Park would be jointly funded by the state parks department and the Marin State Park Association, which would also operate the park. Similar agreements were reached for two other Marin County state parks, [[Olompali State Historic Park]] and [[Tomales Bay State Park]].

A revised agreement in 2013 returned operation of Olompali and Tomales Bay parks to the state, while the nonprofit organization Friends of China Camp continues to operate China Camp State Park, with no funding from the state.

Frank Quan died in August 2016, at age 90, while still living at the park.<ref>((Cite web |last=Har |first=Janie |date=Oct 14, 2016 |title=North Bay shrimper kept alive history of California Chinese community |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/marin-county-shrimper-kept-alive-history-of-california-chinese-community/ |url-status=live |website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |accessdate=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503211619/https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/marin-county-shrimper-kept-alive-history-of-california-chinese-community/ |archive-date=May 3, 2021))</ref>

==Activities==
The park offers a variety of outdoor activities, including overnight camping, picnic facilities, hiking and biking trails, [[kayaking]], [[paddleboarding]], and sailing.

China Camp also celebrates a Chinese-American Heritage Day each August, with [[lion dance]]s, acrobatic and [[tai chi]] demonstrations, arts and crafts sales, activities for children, and a visit by the replica Chinese [[junk (ship)|junk]] ''[[Grace Quan]]'' and other historic boats.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:View of Chinese fishing camp against a hillside. Drying grounds, nets cast out to sea, and shanties hugging the shorelin - NARA - 513086.tif|China Camp in 1889
File:Bay view from China Camp Park.jpg|Bay view from China Camp State Park
</gallery>

==In popular culture==
The Chinese fishing village at China Camp was used extensively in the filming of the 1955 movie ''[[Blood Alley]]'', starring [[John Wayne]] as a captain in the [[United States Merchant Marine]] who rescues Chinese refugees from [[China|Communist China]] and transports them to [[British Hong Kong]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Balicki |first=Janet |date=December 6, 2011 |title=John Wayne, Chinese shrimpers and a great view |url=https://trailhead.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/11892/john-wayne-chinese-shrimpers-and-a-great-view/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-03 |website=Trailhead |publisher=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413025650/http://trailhead.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/11892/john-wayne-chinese-shrimpers-and-a-great-view/ |archive-date=April 13, 2013))</ref>

In 2018, China Camp was used as a filming location for the [[Netflix]] drama ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''.<ref>((Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Adrian |date=2018-08-02 |title='13 Reasons Why' casting call — season 3 includes San Rafael locations |url=https://www.marinij.com/general-news/20180802/13-reasons-why-casting-call-season-3-includes-san-rafael-locations |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-02 |website=Marin Independent Journal |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803053909/http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20180802/13-reasons-why-casting-call-season-3-includes-san-rafael-locations |archive-date=August 3, 2018))</ref> The park has also been used as a filming location for the 2012 [[HBO]] television film ''[[Hemingway & Gellhorn]]''.<ref>((Cite web |title=Camping & Picnicking |url=https://friendsofchinacamp.org/the-park/facilities/ |access-date=2020-11-03 |website=Friends of China Camp |language=en-US))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal | San Francisco Bay Area ))
* [[Chinese American history]]
* [[List of California state parks]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Marin County, California]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|China Camp State Park))
*[http://friendsofchinacamp.org/ Friends of China Camp]
*[http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=466 China Camp State Park]
*[http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views3h19.htm National Park Service: A History of Chinese Americans in California: China Camp]
*((HAER |survey=CA-2260 |id=ca3557 |title=China Camp, North San Pedro Lane, San Rafael, Marin County, CA |photos=73 |color=19 |cap=5))

((coord|37|59|57|N|122|29|18|W|type:landmark_scale:10000_region:US|display=title))
((Protected areas of California|SP))
((NRHP in Marin County, California))
((National Register of Historic Places))
((San Francisco Bay watershed))

((authority control))

[[Category:1976 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Campgrounds in California]]
[[Category:Chinese-American museums in California]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in California]]
[[Category:History of Marin County, California]]
[[Category:Museums in Marin County, California]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marin County, California]]
[[Category:Open-air museums in California]]
[[Category:Parks in Marin County, California]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1976]]
[[Category:San Rafael, California]]
[[Category:State parks of California]]
[[Category:Fishing communities in the United States]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California]]
[[Category:San Francisco Bay Trail]]

Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):

China Camp (edit)
China Camp State Park (edit)
Template:Abbr (view source) (protected)
Template:Ambox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Both (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:California/color (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Cite journal (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite ohp (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Cite web (view source) (protected)
Template:Commons category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Convert (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Coord (view source) (protected)
Template:Country abbreviation (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:DMCA (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Delink (view source) (protected)
Template:Designation/abbreviation (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Designation/color (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Designation/colour (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Designation/text (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Distinguish (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:FULLROOTPAGENAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:HAER (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Hlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:ISO 3166 code (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Icon (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox NRHP (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox NRHP/conv (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox NRHP/locmapin2region (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Location map (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main other (view source) (protected)
Template:More citations needed (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:More citations needed section (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MultiReplace (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:NRHP Focus (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:NRHP in Marin County, California (edit)
Template:NRHP style (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:NRHP url (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:NRHP url/core (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:NRISref (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:National Register of Historic Places (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox with collapsible groups (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nobold (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nobold/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nowrap (view source) (protected)
Template:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Template:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Template:Plainlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Portal (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Portal-inline (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Protected areas of California (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Redirect (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Reflist (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Replace (view source) (protected)
Template:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Template:San Francisco Bay watershed (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Short description (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Template:Side box (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Sister project (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Sp (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Str left (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Template other (view source) (protected)
Template:Use mdy dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Authority control/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Convert (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Convert/data (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Convert/text (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Coordinates (view source) (protected)
Module:Coordinates/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Delink (view source) (protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:Distinguish (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Format link (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Hatnote list (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:ISO 3166 (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:ISO 3166/data/National (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:ISO 3166/data/US (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Icon (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Icon/data (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox mapframe (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Labelled list hatnote (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Location map (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Location map/data/California (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Location map/data/USA (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Location map/data/USA California (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Location map/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Mapframe (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Math (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:MultiReplace (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox with collapsible groups (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/setindex (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/softredirect (view source) (protected)
Module:Portal (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Portal-inline (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Portal/images/n (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Portal/images/s (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Portal/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Redirect hatnote (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:Side box (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Side box/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:TableTools (view source) (protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:WikidataIB (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/nolinks (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/titleformats (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wikitext Parsing (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)

Return to China Camp State Park.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Camp_State_Park"