by CoastView | Apr 25, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Dismal Nitch is a cove on the north shore of the lower Columbia River, historically significant as the last campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition before they sighted the Pacific Ocean, about 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Ilwaco, Washington and 4.5 miles (7 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Rivers
Seldovia River drains a watershed of 16,980 acres (6,872 ha) and flows generally northwest for 5 miles (8 km) from Seldovia Lake in the Kenai Mountains to Seldovia Bay on the south shore of Kachemak Bay and Lower Cook Inlet, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southwest of...
by CoastView | Apr 23, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Kitsault is a historical mining community near the mouth of the Kitsault River at the head of Alice Arm, a fjord and eastern extension of Observatory Inlet, about 86 miles (138 km) north-northeast of Prince Rupert and 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Stewart, British...
by CoastView | Apr 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Castle Cape extends about 10 miles (16 km) northeast from the Alaska Peninsula and forms the southern entrance to Chignik Bay, separating Castle Bay to the northwest from the Pacific Ocean to the southeast, about 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Perryville and 9.5 miles...
by CoastView | Apr 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Port Hobron is an abandoned shore whaling station on the south shore of a fjord with the same name situated on the north coast of Sitkalidak Island, about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Old Harbor and 48 miles (77 km) south-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. Port Hobron...
by CoastView | Apr 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Los Angeles River starts at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas that drain from the Simi Hills and Santa Monica Mountains respectively, and flows generally southeast for 30 miles (48 km) through the San Fernando Valley and downtown Los Angeles and then...
