Fort Ross Cove

Fort Ross Cove was the site of the Russian shipways. A map of Fort Ross dated 1817 shows Little Rumiantsev Cove and the galiot Rumiantsev, the first ship built on the California coast. The cove area also contained a number of buildings, including a forge and blacksmith shop, tannery, cooperage, and public bath. It had sheds for Russian launches and the Native Alaskan baidarkas and baidaras, as well as a boat shop and shipways for building ships. The three other Russian-American Company ships built at Fort Ross were the brigs Ruldakov, Volga, and Kiakhta. The shipyard was abandoned by 1825, but the Company continued to build smaller boats. In 1820, the Buldakov was launched there.

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