by CoastView | Jul 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Swanberg-Dredge.mp3 Swanberg Dredge is a historic placer mining machine, located in a small artificial pond at Rocker Gulch, that once extracted gold from sand and gravel on the Seward...
by CoastView | Jun 30, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fossil-Point.mp3 Fossil Point is a prominent landmark in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on the southern shore of Tuxedni Bay, at the north end of Tuxedni Channel and west of Chisik...
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Mud-Bay.mp3 Mud Bay is a tidal flat about 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, partially enclosed by sand spits at the sheltered base of the Homer Spit on the northwest shore of Kachemak Bay, about 2.7...
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Valerie-Glacier.mp3 Valerie Glacier is formed by several tributary glaciers that merge and flow southeast for about 14 miles (22.5 km) to join the Hubbard Glacier and terminate in...
by CoastView | Jun 24, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Valdez-Glacier.mp3 Old Valdez was the original townsite of Valdez, situated on the outwash plain formed by Valdez Glacier, about 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of Cordova and 3.7 miles (6...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Eek-River.mp3 Eek River drains a watershed of 408,959 acres (165,500 ha) and flows generally west-northwest for 108 miles (174 km) to the Kuskokwim Delta, about 40 miles (64 km)...
