by CoastView | May 7, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands
The Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island are connected to the mainland by BC Ferries, the largest ferry line in North America and the second-largest in the world, that provides passenger and vehicle transportation among coastal and island communities in British Columbia....
by CoastView | May 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Port Althorp is the site of a historical salmon cannery and a military facility situated on the north coast of Chichagof Island, in a deep embayment that extends southeast for 5 miles (8 km) from the George Islands between the Inian Peninsula to the east and the...
by CoastView | May 5, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Belkofski is an abandoned Aleut Unangan village situated on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula between Belkofski Bay to the southwest and Volcano Bay to the northeast, about 62 miles (100 km) southwest of Sand Point and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of King...
by CoastView | May 4, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Dana Point is a prominent headland situated between Dana Point Harbor to the south and Strand Beach to the north, protected from further development by the Dana Point Headlands Conservation Area, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Los Angeles and 4 miles (6 km)...
by CoastView | May 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Dillingham is a community on the south side of Snag Point at the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers, at the head of Nushagak Bay on the north coast of Bristol Bay, about 248 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Homer and 166 miles (270 km) southeast of Bethel,...
by CoastView | May 2, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Waldport is a community situated on the southern shore of Alsea Bay, an estuary of the Alsea River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Newport and 8 miles (13 km) north of Yachats, Oregon. Bayshore is a residential community on the north shore of Alsea Bay. Alsea River...
