Weitchpec, California

Weitchpec (/ˈwɛtʃpɛk/ WETCH-pek; Karuk: Ansáfriik;[4] Yurok: Wechpues, Wech)[5][6] is an unincorporated village and CDP within the Yurok reservation in Humboldt County, California, United States.

[7] It is located 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Eureka,[8] at an elevation of 361 feet (110 m).

[10] Weitchpec is an ancestral Yurok village that long predates European contact.

It was originally known as Weitspus, and was considered a major settlement of the Yurok people.

Temporary Euro-American names for the settlement in the 19th century were Durkee's Ferry and Weitchpec Bar.

Map of historical Yurok villages at modern Weitchpec
Humboldt County map