by CoastView | Sep 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Waterfalls
Red Bluff Bay is a fjord about 4 miles (6.5 km) long and 0.3 miles (05. km) wide on the east coast of Baranof Island, opening into Chatham Strait, about 70 miles (113 km) west of Petersburg and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Sitka, Alaska. The fjord has two basins...
by CoastView | Sep 10, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Indian Sands is an archaeological site in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Brookings and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Carpenterville, Oregon. The artifacts found at the Indian Sands site are older than known sites on the...
by CoastView | Sep 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Rivers
Twentymile River starts from a series of small unnamed glaciers and snowfields in the western Chugach Mountains and flows generally south for 10 miles (16 km) where it joins Glacier River, and then flows another 5 miles (8 km) southwest to Turnagain Arm, about 12...
by CoastView | Sep 8, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Historical
Ogden Point is a deepwater port facility and cruise ship terminal located 21 miles (34 km) north of Port Angeles and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Ogden Point was named after Peter Skene Ogden who was a prominent 19th Century trader...
by CoastView | Sep 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Rivers
North Arm Salt Chuck is at the head of North Arm, an estuary about 5 miles (8 km) long at the end of Duncan Canal on Kupreanof Island, about 110 miles (177 km) southeast of Juneau and 13 miles (21 km) west of Petersburg, Alaska. The local name was recorded in 1960 by...
by CoastView | Sep 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Rivers
Sagavanirktok River, also known as the Sag River, starts between Endicott and Philip Smith Mountains in the Brooks Range and flows north for 110 miles (180 km) to the Beaufort Sea, about 105 miles (170 km) west of Kaktovik and 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Deadhorse,...
