by CoastView | Oct 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Gualala River flows into the Pacific Ocean at the community of Gualala where the river represents the combined flow of three tributaries that start from elevations near 1,800 feet (550 m) in the Coast Range and drain a watershed of 190,719 acres (77,181 ha), about 92...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History
Blackstone Glacier starts at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally north for 7 miles (11 km) and terminates at tidewater at the head of Blackstone Bay, about 87 miles (140 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 8 miles (13 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Friday Harbor Laboratories is a marine biology field station of the University of Washington situated on the northern shore of Friday Harbor, an embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, about 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) west...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Chugachik Island is situated about 800 feet (244 m) off the eastern shore and near the head of Kachemak Bay, between Bear Cove to the south and Martin River to the north, on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Homer and...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Claxton is a historical salmon cannery and community at the mouth of Claxton Creek on the eastern shore of Telegraph Passage in the Skeena River estuary, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Cataract Glacier starts from the north flank of Peak 5541 in the Chugach Mountains and flows northeast for 2.1 miles (3.4 km) through a steep valley to its terminus at the head of a stream that flows for another 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the southern shore of Surprise...
