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Kashvik Bay, Cape Kubugakli

Kashvik Bay, Cape Kubugakli

by CoastView | Jan 20, 2021 | ALASKA, BEACHES, EMBAYMENTS, January 2021, NATURAL HISTORY, PARKS

Cape Kubugakli is a prominent headland on Shelikof Strait that forms the southwest coast of Kashvik Bay and marks the southern coastal boundary of Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 98 miles (158 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 75 miles (121 km) southeast of...
Tongue Point, Semiahmoo Spit

Tongue Point, Semiahmoo Spit

by CoastView | Jan 19, 2021 | CANNERIES, COASTAL FEATURES, DEVELOPMENTS, HISTORICAL, January 2021, WASHINGTON

Tongue Point is at the end of Semiahmoo Spit, a 125-acre (51 ha) sandbar about 1 mile (1.6 km) long that partially encloses Drayton Harbor, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Bellingham and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Blaine, Washington. The name of the spit is from the...
Ptarmigan Creek, Cottonwood Bay

Ptarmigan Creek, Cottonwood Bay

by CoastView | Jan 18, 2021 | ALASKA, DEVELOPMENTS, EMBAYMENTS, HISTORICAL, January 2021, RIVERS

Dutton is a historical mining camp at the mouth of Ptarmigan Creek at the head of Cottonwood Bay, about 78 miles (126 km) west of Homer and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Pedro Bay, Alaska. Ptarmigan Creek flows east for 10 miles (16 km) through the Chigmit Mountains...
Exchamsiks River Provincial Park, Skeena River

Exchamsiks River Provincial Park, Skeena River

by CoastView | Jan 17, 2021 | BRITISH COLUMBIA, ISLANDS, January 2021, PARKS, RIVERS

Exchamsiks River Provincial Park is in the Coast Mountains at the mouth of the Exchamsiks River on the north side of the Skeena River, about 42 miles (68 km) east of Prince Rupert and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Terrace, British Columbia. The purpose of the park is...
Tigalda Sea Stack, Krenitzin Islands

Tigalda Sea Stack, Krenitzin Islands

by CoastView | Jan 16, 2021 | ALASKA, COASTAL FEATURES, ISLANDS, January 2021

Sea stacks are a common feature on the Gulf of Alaska coast, particularly along the Alaska Peninsula and the Eastern Aleutian Islands, about 200 miles (323 km) southwest of Sand Point and 64 miles (103 km) east-northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Tigalda Island is in...
Jabbertown, Point Hope

Jabbertown, Point Hope

by CoastView | Jan 15, 2021 | ALASKA, BEACHES, COMMUNITIES, HISTORICAL, January 2021

Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tigara, Alaska. The whaling station was shown on a chart in 1898, and the name is...
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