by CoastView | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kern Creek is between Portage and Girdwood on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska. The stream flows southwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the Chugach Mountains. The name...
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Peterson Lagoon is the estuary of Peterson Creek that starts from the outlet of Peterson Lake at an elevation of 734 feet (224 m) on Auke Mountain and flows north-northwest for 4 miles (7 km) to the lagoon that connects to Eagle Harbor, about 56 miles (90 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) through the File Mountains, also known as the Tahinichok Mountains, to the Chukchi Sea at the southern end of Imik Lagoon in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Aitiligauraq Shelter Cabin is in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwestern Alaska and is situated on the south bank of an unnamed creek that flows west for 5 miles (8 km) from Eigaloruk Mountain to a coastal lagoon, about 110 miles (177 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Cape Douglas is a point of land at the base of Mount Douglas on the western shore of Shelikof Strait that forms the southern shore of Sukoi Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Homer and 81 miles (131 km) northwest of Kodiak,...
