by CoastView | Jul 31, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Parks
Geographic Harbor is in Katmai National Park and Preserve and is formed by two large bays that extend 3 miles (5 km) off Amalik Bay on Shelikof Strait, about 86 miles (139 km) southwest of King Salmon and 83 miles (134 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The harbor was...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2023 | 2023, California, Communities, Headlands, Rivers
Ellysly Creek runs along the base of the shoreline hills within Harmony Headlands State Park, about 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Cayucos and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Harmony, California. Harmony Headlands is a coastal park of 748 acres (303 ha)...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Historical, Islands
Fairway Rock is located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Little Diomede Island, and 15 miles (24 km) west of Cape Prince of Wales, at the western end of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The rock is 534 feet (163 m) high, square-headed, and steep-sided. The rock was...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Oregon, Rivers
Taylors Landing is a small community near the head of the tide on the Alsea River in the Coast Range, about 17.4 miles (28 km) west of Alsea and 6.4 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Waldport, Oregon. The river flows for about 48 miles (78 km) from the confluence of the...
by CoastView | Jul 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical
Bootleggers Cove, also known as Bootlegger Cove, is a coastal neighborhood located along the tidal flats of Cook Inlet between Westchester Lagoon and downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska Railroad and the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail follow the coastline between the...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Porlier Pass separates Galiano and Valdes Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver and 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of Ladysmith, British Columbia. The pass was named in 1791 by José Maria Narváez,...
