by CoastView | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Best of 2023, Best of 2024, British Columbia, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Island Copper was an open pit mine located at the northern end of Vancouver Island on Rupert Inlet at the head of Quatsino Sound, about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Coal Harbour and 8.5 miles (14 km) south of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The mine extracted a...
by CoastView | Oct 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Border Field State Park is within the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve situated adjacent to the urban neighborhood of Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, about 12 miles (19 km) south of San Diego and within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California. Playas...
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 | Jun 29, 2022 | 2022, Best of 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Whaler Island is about 700 feet (215 m) across and situated about 0.4 miles (.65 km) offshore and is now connected to the mainland by a paved road on an artificial breakwater that together with Lighthouse Jetty forms a small protected harbor, about 16 miles (26 km)...
