Go to Kruzof Island In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Kruzof Island, about 93 miles (150 km) southwest of Juneau and 10 miles (16 km) west of Sitka, Alaska. The Tlingit name for this island was recorded in 1849 by Captain Tebenov of the Imperial...
Go to Michigan Creek Michigan Creek is a small watershed that drains the coast mountains on Vancouver Island in the temperate rainforest of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and enters the Pacific Ocean about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Pachena Point Light...
Go to Surf Beach Surf Beach is within Vandenberg Air Force Base and extends south-southwest for about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) from the mouth of the Santa Ynez River Estuary to Spring Canyon, about 9 miles (14.5 km) west of Lompoc and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Point...
Go to Mary D. Hume Mary D. Hume was a steamer built in 1881 by R.D. Hume, a pioneer and early businessman of Ellensburg, a historical community at the mouth of the Rogue River, now named Gold Beach, Oregon. Mary D. Hume was built of timber cut from the coast range and...
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 Lena Point Lena Point is at the south entrance to Lena Cove on Favorite Channel, about 63 miles (102 km) south-southeast of Haines and 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. Lena Point was named in 1880 by Commander L.A. Beardslee of USS Jamestown. At the...
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