For an in-depth history of Shelter Cove, you can purchase a reprint of a great book at the Shelter Cove General Store: Gem of the Lost Cost – A Narrative History of Shelter Cove.
See also GoodReads Reviews of that book.

Wikipedia on Shelter Cove

September 22, 2005 – A Peaceful Town’s Turbulent Past
http://paulmchugh.net/2005/09/a-peaceful-towns-turbulent-past

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 – More Shelter Cove legends
http://ernielb.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-shelter-cove-legends.html

August 28, 2003 North Coast Journal – The Shelter Cove Saga: From Land Scam to Popular Resort
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/082803/cover0828.html

April 22, 2004 North Coast Journal – The Peddling of Unbuildable Shelter Lots
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/042204/cover0422.html

June 1971 – Garberville, CA Airliner Crashes Along Coast
http://www.gendisasters.com/california/4992/garberville%2C-ca-airliner-crashes-along-coast%2C-june-1971

Monday 28 June 1971 – Aviation Safety History
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710628-0

Shelter Cove Homeowners Association – Shelter Cove History
https://www.propertyownerssheltercove.com/history.html

Shelter Cove, A Brief History –
http://www.sheltercove-lostcoast.com/sc/index.htm#history

Shelter Cover Fishing Preservation, Inc. – Shelter Cove History
https://sheltercovefishingpreservationinc.org/auto-draft

A Brief History of Shelter Cove and the General Store
https://sheltercovegeneralstore.com/history

Shelter Cove, California – A Brief History
www.sheltercove-lostcoast.com/sc

San Francisco Examiner – May. 31, 2015 – Seeking shelter on the Lost
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/seeking-shelter-on-the-lost-coast

Red Headed Black Belt – May 21, 2021 – Odd, Old News: The Wreck of the Steamer ‘Active’ North of Shelter Cove
https://kymkemp.com/2021/05/21/odd-old-news-the-wreck-of-the-steamer-active-north-of-shelter-cove

Shelter Cove Fishing Preservation Inc. – Shelter Cove History

Shelter Cove Fishing Preservation Inc.

1915: Humboldt County, California The Land of Unrivaled Undeveloped Natural Resources on the Westernmost Rim of the American Continent

Images of America: California’s Lost Coast

Images of Rail: Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties