by CoastView | Jan 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Point-Baker.mp3 Point Baker is a cape on the south shore of Sumner Strait at the north end of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, where a small community with the same name lines the...
by CoastView | Jan 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kanatak-1.mp3 Kanatak is an uninhabited Alutiiq community of the Native Tribe of Kanatak located at the head of Portage Bay, on the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 136 miles (219...
by CoastView | Jan 4, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Noatak.mp3 Noatak River starts from several small cirque glaciers on the northeast flank of Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains and flows generally west for 425 miles (684 km) to Hotham...
by CoastView | Jan 3, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyder.mp3 Hyder is a small community at the mouth of the Salmon River, on the western shore and near the head of Portland Canal, about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Ketchikan and 2.5 miles (4...
by CoastView | Jan 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hutchins-1.mp3 Hutchins Bay is on the eastern shore of Glacier Bay, partially surrounding the Beardslee Islands in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 155 miles (249 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Dec 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, December 2024, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Metlakatla is a Tsimshian community situated on Port Chester, an embayment on the west coast of Annette Island, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 16 miles (26 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. Port Chester was named for Commander Colby M....