by CoastView | May 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Kirschner Lake is on the western coast of lower Cook Inlet at an elevation of about 80 feet (24 m) and isolated by a waterfall that cascades 40 feet (12 m) to the northern shore of Kamishak Bay, about 110 miles (177 km) northeast of King Salmon and 86 miles (138 km)...
by CoastView | May 18, 2022 | 2022, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Diablo extends about 600 feet (183 m) south from the Marin Headlands roughly midway between Point Bonita to the west and Lime Point to the east, about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of San Francisco and 2.7 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Sausalito, California. The...
by CoastView | May 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Chemical Pollution, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Port O’Brien is a remote salmon cannery located on the eastern shore of Northeast Arm Uganik Bay on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (236 km) south-southwest of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) west of Kodiak, Alaska. The cannery was named after...
by CoastView | May 16, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Oregon, Rivers
Rogue River begins at Boundary Springs at an elevation of 5,320 feet (1,622 m) near the northern edge of Mount Mazama in Crater Lake National Park and drains a watershed of 3.3 million acres (1.3 million ha) while flowing generally west for 215 miles (346 km) through...
by CoastView | May 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
Falls Creek is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally south for 3.2 miles (5 km) to the northwestern shore of Kachemak Bay, in the Cottonwood Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Homer and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | May 14, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kemano River flows from the Kitimat Ranges to Kemano Bay on the northern shore of Gardner Canal, where a historically important eulachon run and a village were located prior to the construction of a supply terminal and access road for the Kemano generating station,...
