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Coastal [[schooner]]s and other small [[sailing ship]]s transported cargo such as [[lumber]] and [[produce]] along the coast of [[North America]] through the waters of what is now the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary during the entire combined history of control of the area by the [[Spanish Empire]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]].<ref name=about/> Over 200 documented [[shipwreck]]s lie in the sanctuary — both along and off the coast — and span this entire history.<ref name=chumashonepage/><ref name=feis/><ref name=about/> Wrecked aircraft also lie on the seabed in the sanctuary.<ref name=chumashonepage/> | Coastal [[schooner]]s and other small [[sailing ship]]s transported cargo such as [[lumber]] and [[produce]] along the coast of [[North America]] through the waters of what is now the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary during the entire combined history of control of the area by the [[Spanish Empire]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]].<ref name=about/> Over 200 documented [[shipwreck]]s lie in the sanctuary — both along and off the coast — and span this entire history.<ref name=chumashonepage/><ref name=feis/><ref name=about/> Wrecked aircraft also lie on the seabed in the sanctuary.<ref name=chumashonepage/> | ||
The oldest ocean-going [[steamship]] lost in the sanctuary's waters was the wooden sidewheel [[paddle steamer]] {{SS|Yankee Blade}}, wrecked off [[Point Arguello]] in 1854 while carrying passengers, cargo, and [[gold]] from | The oldest ocean-going [[steamship]] lost in the sanctuary's waters was the wooden sidewheel [[paddle steamer]] {{SS|Yankee Blade}}, wrecked off [[Point Arguello]] in 1854 while carrying passengers, cargo, and [[gold]] from San Francisco, California, to [[Panama]], during the [[California Gold Rush]] in one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the [[West Coast of the United States|United States West Coast]].<ref name=about/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k7y&view=1up&seq=24 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1895 |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> The wreck of the [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] {{USRC|McCulloch||2}} also lies within the sanctuary.<ref name=chumashonepage/> Both wrecks are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=chumashonepage/><ref name=about/> | ||
==Economic activities== | ==Economic activities== | ||