Update: China Camp revisited in March 2014/May 2012 - added several new images...but my most favorite place around is in jeopardy to be closed. Here a quote from a group, that tries to keep the park open - please visit their website. http://friendsofchinacamp.org/about.html "The proposed budget cuts for the State of California include the scheduled closure of China Camp State Park on July 1, 2012. Since the announcement of the planned closure, Friends of China Camp has taken an active role in efforts to keep the park open. With only a few months left, those efforts are intensifying. FOCC's 2012 initiatives focus on increasing our financial and human capacity to support China Camp. Impressions of an peaceful afternoon at China Camp....a state park close to San Rafael/California/USA...where the sense of history is well preserved... http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/5views/5views3h19.htm Chinese fishermen began fishing for shrimp in California probably around the mid-1860s. As the enterprise grew in the 1870s and 1880s, numerous villages or "shrimp camps" were established on the shores of both San Francisco and San Pablo bays. China Camp was one of the largest and longest-lived of these camps. here wonderful interview with the last man standing...... http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/the-last-man-standing-in-marin-countys-china-camp/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-China-Camp/371395306219570