by CoastView | Dec 31, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Shipwrecks
The fishing vessel Norseman sank in June 1978 in Princess Royal Channel, about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Butedale and 115 miles (185 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Norseman was built in 1973 as a crabber/tender and was in transit to the Bering...
by CoastView | Dec 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
McLean Arm Bay is a narrow inlet that extends 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west from Clarence Strait, on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Ketchikan and 40 miles (65 km) southeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The inlet was named in 1885...
by CoastView | Dec 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Canneries, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Natural History
Snug Harbor is a historical cannery located along a bight on the west coast of Chisik Island, at the southern end of Tuxedni Channel, on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 51 miles (82 km) northwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai, Alaska. Chisik...
by CoastView | Dec 28, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Franklin Point is located in the Año Nuevo State Reserve, 7.3 miles (12 km) south-southeast of Pescadero and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California. It is named after the clipper ship Sir John Franklin that which went aground here in dense fog in 1865....
by CoastView | Dec 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use
King Cove is a small community on the Alaska Peninsula located partially on a spit separating King Cove Bay and King Cove Lagoon, about 18 air miles (29 km) southeast of the village of Cold Bay, Alaska. King Cove Bay is 15 miles (24 km) across and lies between Cold...
by CoastView | Dec 26, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Minter is a community on the northwestern shore of Henderson Bay, at the head of Carr Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Seattle and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Gig Harbor, Washington. In 1792, this area was first explored by Lieutenant...
