by CoastView | Jan 20, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Swantown.mp3 Swantown is a historic neighborhood at the southern end of Budd Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Tacoma and now part of downtown Olympia,...
by CoastView | Jan 19, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Icy-Strait-Point.mp3 Icy Strait Point is a restored salmon cannery on Cannery Point, located on the south shore of Icy Strait and at the eastern mouth of Port Frederick—a deep embayment on the...
by CoastView | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Strawberry-Hill.mp3 Strawberry Hill is a series of uplifted beach ridges on Point Bentinck, at the eastern tip of Hinchinbrook Island and the southern entrance to Strawberry Channel, which...
by CoastView | Jan 14, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Nitrogen Cycle, Parks, Phosphorus, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Coghill-River-1.mp3 The Coghill River in Chugach National Forest flows southwest for 5 miles (8 km) from the terminus of Dartmouth Glacier to Coghill Lake, which is 4.7 miles (7.5 km) long,...
by CoastView | Jan 13, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Winema.mp3 Winema Beach, a coastal strip adjacent to Winema Lake, was once the site of a town platted as Wi‑Ne‑Ma near Oretown in southern Tillamook County, about 15 miles (24 km) north of...
by CoastView | Jan 11, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gilltoyees-Creek.mp3 Gilttoyees Creek originates in a series of cirque basins on the east and south flanks of Tentacle Peak in the Kitimat Ranges, and flows generally southeast for about 20...