by CoastView | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. The lake is drained by a river that flows about...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The Ecola Creek watershed drains approximately 22 square miles (5,698 ha), with...
by CoastView | Aug 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Kachemak, Land Use
Point Naskowhak was an island that is now connected to the mainland of the Kenai Peninsula by a tombolo or spit, creating a tied island at the western entrance to Seldovia Bay, about 15 miles southwest of Homer and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Seldovia, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Aug 29, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Seymour River flows from a large reservoir into Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The river is named after Frederick Seymour who was the governor of British Columbia from 1864 until his death from acute alcoholism aboard the HMS Sparrowhawk at...
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Rivers, Waterfalls
Beaver Falls Creek is on Revillagigedo Island, on the western shore of George Inlet, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The local name was reported in 1915 by G.H. Canfield of the U.S. Geological Survey. The stream starts in an unnamed cirque lake...
by CoastView | Aug 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Bird Point is on the north shore of Turnagain Arm in Cook Inlet, 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of the community of Bird Creek, and 7.5 miles (13 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1898 by Captain Edwin Glenn during explorations for the...
