by CoastView | Nov 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Kachemak, Rivers
Eastland Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that flows south for 3 miles (5 km) to Kachemak Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska. The local name was first reported and published on maps by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1950s. The Kenai...
by CoastView | Nov 5, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Communities, Islands
Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Mayne Island is in the southern Gulf Islands, midway between the Lower Mainland...
by CoastView | Nov 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Communities, Rivers
Indian is an Alaska Railroad siding and small community located on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, on the Seward Highway, 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. The community is surrounded by Chugach State Park. The name is from Indian Creek that starts...
by CoastView | Nov 3, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Kibesillah is the site of a historical lumber-loading chute and for a short time was one of the most important communities on the north coast, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Bragg and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) south of Westport, California. Marine terraces dominate the...
by CoastView | Nov 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Anchor Glacier starts from an elevation of about 5,700 feet (1,737 m) on the eastern flank of McCarty Ridge in the Kenai Mountains and cascades east for 3 miles (5 km) to Northwestern Fjord, about 52 miles (84 km) east-northeast of Homer and 32 miles (52 km) southwest...
by CoastView | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Pistol River starts at an elevation of 3,179 feet (970 m) on the southern flank of Sugarloaf Mountain and drains a watershed of 67,200 acres (27,195 ha) in the Siskiyou National Forest while flowing generally southwest for 21 miles (34 km) to the Pacific Ocean near...
