by CoastView | Sep 22, 2024 | 2021, Biodiversity, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Drift Creek Landing is a community on the south bank of the Alsea River, opposite the confluence of Drift Creek, a major Coast Range tributary joining the Alsea about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) east of Waldport, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Newport and 9 miles...
by CoastView | Nov 26, 2023 | 2021, British Columbia, Developments, Historical, Rivers
Telegraph Point is the historical site of a telegraph station on the north bank of the Skeena River, about 48 miles (77 km) southwest of Terrace and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The site is now a pullout and rest area along the...
by CoastView | Nov 25, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Developments, Embayments
Broken Oar Cove is an embayment on the southeast coast of Yakutat Bay and the site of a logging operation, about 208 miles (335 km) northwest of Juneau and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) northeast of Yakutat, Alaska. Sawmill Cove is a southern extension of Broken Oar Cove and is...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Historical
Nunagiak is an abandoned village at Point Belcher that dates to the prehistorical Thule culture, located about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Wainwright, Alaska. This coastline is a barrier beach that rises 6 to 10 feet (2-3...
by CoastView | Nov 23, 2023 | 2021, California, Communities, Embayments
Marshall is on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay, about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bodega Bay and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Tomales, California. The town is named after the Marshall brothers who established a dairying industry in the 1850s. Starting in the 1870s,...
by CoastView | Nov 22, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, 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...
