by CoastView | May 30, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments
Williamsport is a boat landing and seasonal community at the mouth of Williams Creek in the Chigmit Mountains on the west shore of Iliamna Bay on Cook Inlet, about 75 miles (121 km) west of Homer and 43 miles (70 km) east of Iliamna, Alaska. The community is located...
by CoastView | May 29, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Historical
Cape Yakataga is a point of land on the Gulf of Alaska, about 100 miles (161 km) northwest of Yakutat and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Yakataga, Alaska. The Tlingit name was first published by Captain Mikhail Tebenkov, of the Imperial Russian Navy, as “Cape...
by CoastView | May 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Shipwrecks
Kaliakh River drains Hanna Lake and flows generally south through the Malaspina Coastal Plain for 24 miles (39 km) to the Gulf of Alaska, about 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Cape Yakataga and 106 miles (171 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska. This may be the same stream...
by CoastView | May 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Parks
Gustavus is a community on the north shore of Icy Strait, at the mouth of the Salmon River and across from Pleasant Island, about 48 miles (77 km) west-northwest of Juneau, and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Elfin Cove, Alaska. Gustavus is situated on a large plain...
by CoastView | May 23, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Rivers
Karluk is a historical fishing community situated on a barrier spit at the mouth of Karluk Lagoon on the west coast of Kodiak Island, about 301 miles (485 km) southwest of Anchorage and 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. The Karluk River flows north and...
by CoastView | May 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical
Ellamar is a historical mining camp on Virgin Bay in Prince William Sound, at the base of Ellamar Mountain, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Valdez and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tatitlek, Alaska. A post office was established here in 1900. The mountain was...