by CoastView | May 22, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hidden-Falls.mp3 The Hidden Falls Fish Hatchery is located in the Tongass National Forest on the northeast coast of Baranof Island, at the head of Kasnyku Bay off Chatham Strait, about 22...
by CoastView | May 21, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/McWay-Falls.mp3 McWay Creek drains a watershed of approximately 1,730 acres (700 ha) and flows southwest for 2.5 miles (4 km) through Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and McWay Canyon on the...
by CoastView | May 20, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lava-Point.mp3 Lava Point is a headland on the northwest coast of Akutan Island, covering approximately 988 acres (400 ha) of jagged basalt formed during eruptions of Akutan Volcano, about 26...
by CoastView | May 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Port-Bailey.mp3 Port Bailey is a historic cannery located in Dry Spruce Bay on the Kupreanof Peninsula of Kodiak Island, approximately 130 miles (209 km) south-southwest of Homer and 26 miles...
by CoastView | May 18, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Elwha-River.mp3 The Elwha River starts from a perennial snowfield at an elevation of 4,763 feet (1,452 m) in the Olympic Mountains and flows generally north for 45 miles (72 km) to Angeles...
by CoastView | May 17, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/BC-Ferries.mp3 The Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island are connected to the mainland by BC Ferries, the largest ferry line in North America and the second-largest worldwide, that provides...
