by CoastView | Dec 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Canneries, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Natural History
Snug Harbor is a historical cannery located along a bight on the west coast of Chisik Island, at the southern end of Tuxedni Channel, on the western shore of Cook Inlet, about 51 miles (82 km) northwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai, Alaska. Chisik...
by CoastView | Dec 26, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Minter is a community on the northwestern shore of Henderson Bay, at the head of Carr Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Seattle and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Gig Harbor, Washington. In 1792, this area was first explored by Lieutenant...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2022 | 2022, Best of 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Sea Caves
Depoe Bay is a community located on a small natural embayment with the same name, 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Lincoln City, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Newport, Oregon. The harbor is only 6 acres (2.4 ha) and is connected to the sea by a narrow chasm. Depoe...
by CoastView | Dec 6, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Port Camden is an embayment on the northeast coast of Kuiu Island, about 36 miles (58 km) south-southwest of Petersburg, and 61 miles (98 km) northwest of Wrangell, Alaska. Kuiu Island lies between Kupreanof Island to the east and Baranof Island to the west. The...
by CoastView | Nov 1, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Pistol River starts at an elevation of 3,179 feet (970 m) on the southern flank of Sugarloaf Mountain and drains a watershed of 67,200 acres (27,195 ha) in the Siskiyou National Forest while flowing generally southwest for 21 miles (34 km) to the Pacific Ocean near...
by CoastView | Oct 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Portlock is a historical salmon cannery in Port Chatham, an embayment on the southern coast of the Kenai Peninsula, about 102 miles (164 km) north-northeast of Kodiak and 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Port Graham, Alaska. Portlock was named for Nathaniel...
