by CoastView | Oct 17, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Best of 2024, 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...
by CoastView | Aug 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Bird Point is on the north shore of Turnagain Arm in Cook Inlet, 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of the community of Bird Creek, and 7.5 miles (13 km) west of Girdwood, Alaska. The local name was first reported in 1898 by Captain Edwin Glenn during explorations for the...
by CoastView | Jul 9, 2022 | 2022, Best of 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Oona River starts from an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows north-northeast for 2 miles (3.2 km) and then southeast for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the community of Oona River on the eastern shore of Porcher Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 25...
by CoastView | May 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kirschner-Lake.mp3 Kirschner Lake is located on the northern shore of Kamishak Bay and the western coast of lower Cook Inlet at an elevation of approximately 80 feet (24 m), about 110 miles...
