by CoastView | Aug 15, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Communities, Historical, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/BirdCreek.mp3 Bird Creek drains a watershed of 48,471 acres (19,616 ha) in the Chugach Mountains and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to Turnagain Arm, about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Aug 14, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Communities, Developments, Historical
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Golden.mp3 Golden is a former mining settlement on the eastern shore of Port Wells, a fjord in northwestern Prince William Sound, about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Valdez and 27 miles (44...
by CoastView | Aug 13, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Communities, Headlands, Historical
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CapeFanshaw.mp3 Cape Fanshaw is a low, wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of...
by CoastView | Aug 11, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Embayments, Glaciers, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CirqueGlacier.mp3 An unnamed glacier hangs above a cirque on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, a fjord in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska that extends 33 miles (53 km) northwest from...
by CoastView | Aug 9, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Beaches, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Point-Campbell.mp3 Kincaid Park covers 1,517 acres (614 ha) on Point Campbell, between Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at the head of Cook Inlet, 5.2 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage,...
by CoastView | Aug 8, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, August 2026, Coastal Features, Embayments
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TheSaltChuck.mp3 The Salt Chuck is a lagoon at the head of Hobart Bay, on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, about 71 miles (115 km) southeast of Juneau and 46 miles (74 km)...
