by CoastView | Dec 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kwigillingok is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the west bank of the Kwigillingok River about 2 miles (3.2 km) inland from the northern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) south-southwest of Bethel and 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Squaw Harbor is a historical cannery and fishing village situated on the north shore of Baralof Bay on the east coast of Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands, about 258 miles (415 km) east-northeast of Unalaska and 7 miles (11 km) south-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska....
by CoastView | Dec 17, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Fort Nisqually was a historical trading post established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833 on Sequalitchew Creek, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east of South Puget Sound at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m), about 14 miles (22.5 km) southwest of Tacoma and 2 miles (3.2 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 16, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Lawson Harbour was a historical community on Lewis Island between Chismore Passage to the west and Arthur Passage to the east near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Terrace and 20 miles (32 km) south of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Dec 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Naknek is a community situated on a bluff overlooking the northern bank of the mouth of the Naknek River, at Kvichak Bay which forms the northeastern arm of Bristol Bay, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Dillingham and 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of King Salmon,...
by CoastView | Dec 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Stebbins is a community in southern Norton Sound situated on a small sand spit along the northern shore of Saint Michael Island at Cape Stephens, which is in the lee of Stuart Island to the northwest and separated by a channel 1 mile (1.6 km) wide named Stephens Pass,...
