by CoastView | Jan 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles (18 km) from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 (81 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier was named by members of the Harriman...
by CoastView | Jan 20, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Washington
Swantown is a historic area of the Washington State capital, situated at the southernmost end of Budd Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Tacoma and now part of downtown Olympia, Washington. The area was named after John M. Swan, an early...
by CoastView | Jan 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use
Icy Strait Point is a restored historic salmon cannery situated on Cannery Point, on the south shore of Icy Strait and on the eastern shore at the mouth of Port Frederick, a deep embayment on the northeast coast of Chichagof Island, about 22 miles (35 km)...
by CoastView | Jan 18, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Stewart is a Canadian border community at the mouth of the Bear River and the head of Portland Canal, connected to Hyder, Alaska by 2 miles (3.2 km) of road, about 99 miles (159 km) east-southeast of Wrangell and 114 miles (183 km) north of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Strawberry Hill is formed by a series of uplifted beach ridges on Point Bentinck at the eastern extremity of Hinchinbrook Island, at the southern entrance to Strawberry Channel that separates the island from the mainland, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Valdez and 17...
