by CoastView | Jan 30, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, January 2023, Land Use, Parks
Siwash Rock is a sea stack on the western shoreline of Stanley Park in Burrard Inlet, between English Bay to the south and the entrance to Vancouver Harbour to the north, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The formation is about 50...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, January 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Crescent River is formed by the junction of the North Fork and Lake Fork tributaries, and flows southeast for 12 miles (19 km) to the northern shore of Tuxedni Bay near the entrance on the western coast of Cook Inlet, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Homer and 51...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Islands, January 2023, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Destruction Island is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge, located 3.5 miles (6 km) offshore from the Olympic Peninsula, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Port Angeles and 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of La Push, Washington. Quillayute...
by CoastView | Jan 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, January 2023, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Bradley River is located on the Kenai Peninsula and flows northwest from Bradley Lake for 7 miles (11 km) to Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The river is possibly named after John A. Bradley, a local prospector, and the name was first...
by CoastView | Jan 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Glaciers, January 2023, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Red River starts from the terminus of Red Glacier on the eastern flank of Mount Iliamna and flows southeast for 7 miles (11.3 km) through Lake Clark National Park and Preserve to the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 126 miles (203 km) southwest of Anchorage and 48...
by CoastView | Jan 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, January 2023, Natural History, Parks
Kukak Bay is the site of a historical razor clam cannery on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 132 miles (212 km) southwest of Homer and 77 miles (124 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The bay extends southwest into the...
