by CoastView | May 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Gull Island is about 633 feet (193 m) long and 93 feet (28 m) high and is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) northwest of Moosehead Point near the entrance to Peterson Bay on the southeast shore of Kachemak Bay, and about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8...
by CoastView | May 22, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Cassiar is a historic salmon cannery situated on the northern shoreline of Inverness Passage at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 67 miles (18 km) southwest of Terrace and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The name is from the...
by CoastView | May 16, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Montague Harbour is a provincial marine park located on Trincomali Channel on the southern coast of Galiano Island, one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, about 32 miles (52 km) north of Victoria and 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of Vancouver, British...
by CoastView | May 15, 2023 | Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Diamond Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,000 feet (305 m) on the southern Kenai Peninsula and drains a watershed of 3,424 acres (1,386 ha) while flowing generally west for about 5 miles (8 km) from Diamond Ridge to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 10...
by CoastView | May 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Natural History
Gilmour Point is a headland that forms the northern shore of Port Chalmers on the northwest coast of Montague Island in Prince William Sound, and an area of extensive eelgrass beds, about 62 miles (100 km) southeast of Whittier and 54 miles (87 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | May 8, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Port Edward is a community located on the eastern shore of Porpoise Harbour on the Tsimpsean Peninsula near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 98 miles (158 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 9 miles (15 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The town site was...
