Go to Race Rocks The islets of Race Rocks are located just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Victoria and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Sooke, British Columbia. Race Rocks are named for the fast-flowing tidal races that...
Go to Cape Beale Cape Beale is at the southern entrance to Barkley Sound about 40 miles (65 km) north of Cape Flattery and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) southwest of Bamfield, British Columbia. The first lighthouse established in British Columbia by the Canadian government was...
Go to Point Retreat Point Retreat is a headland on the northern tip of Admiralty Island, on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, about 60 miles (97 km) south-southeast of Haines and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The point was named in 1794 by...
Go to Pigeon Point Pigeon Point is one of the most prominent headlands on the California coast south of the Golden Gate, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California. The point is named for the Carrier Pigeon, a...
Go to Cape Mendocino Cape Mendocino is the westernmost point on the Lost Coast, about 210 miles (338 km) northwest of San Francisco, and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Eureka, California. The cape was named by Spanish explorer Andrés de Urdaneta in 1565 in honor of...
Go to Point Bonita The Point Bonita Light is on the Marin Headlands at the entrance to the Golden Gate, 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of San Francisco, and 4 miles (7 km) southwest of Sausalito, California. More than 300 boats ran aground near the Golden Gate during...
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