by CoastView | Feb 6, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, February 2023, Historical, Land Use
Butedale is a historical salmon cannery and community located on a small embayment adjacent to Butedale Falls along the Inside Passage on the northeast side of Princess Royal Island across from Work Island on the southern shore of Fraser Reach, which is part of...
by CoastView | Feb 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, February 2023, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Treadwell is a historical gold mine on the eastern coast of Douglas Island on Gastineau Channel, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of the community of Douglas and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. It was named after John Treadwell who discovered the gold...
by CoastView | Feb 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Communities, Developments, February 2023, Historical, Natural History, Shipwrecks
SS Palo Alto is a shipwreck that now serves as an artificial reef for marine life at Seacliff State Beach on the northern coast of Monterey Bay, about 6.4 miles (10.3 km) east of Santa Cruz and 0.9 miles (1.5 km) southwest of Aptos, California. Palo Alto was a tanker...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amakdedori Creek drains a watershed of 17,781 acres (7,196 ha) on the eastern flank of the Aleutian Range and flows southeast for 10 miles (16 km) to Kamishak Bay, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Augustine Island, and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska....
by CoastView | Feb 1, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, February 2023, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Shipwrecks
New Carissa was a freighter 639 feet (195 m) in length that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of the community of North Bend, Oregon. The U.S. Navy set explosives on the ship to...
by CoastView | Jan 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, January 2023, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
The Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, also known as the Fishing Hole, is located on the Homer Spit, a peninsula projecting 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast from the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Seldovia and 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of Homer,...
