by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kshwan River starts from the terminus of the retreating Kshwan Glacier in the Cambria Icefield and flows south for 10 miles (16 km) where it merges with the Sutton River and then continues for another 3 miles (5 km) to the head of Hastings Arm, about 95 miles (153 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Cape Douglas is a point of land at the base of Mount Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait that forms the southern shore of Sukoi Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer and 81 miles (131 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Año Nuevo Dunes are in Año Nuevo State Park which is known for pinniped rookeries and seabirds, located on a low rocky windswept point, about 55 miles (89 km) south of San Francisco and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California. The reserve is a habitat for...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Moclips is a coastal community located between the south shore of the Moclips River and Mocrocks Beach. It is situated about 83 miles (134 km) west of Tacoma and 27 miles (44 km) northwest of Aberdeen, Washington. With its stunning natural surroundings and rich...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Land Use
Chemainus is a community founded as a logging town in 1858 on the western shore of Stuart Channel located on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Vancouver and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Sidney, British Columbia. The town...
