by CoastView | Jul 26, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Cannery Creek is the site of a salmon hatchery on the eastern shore of Unakwik Inlet in Prince William Sound and the Chugach National Forest, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Whittier and 41 miles (66 km) west-southwest of Valdez, Alaska. The local name is after a...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Beaver Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,400 feet (427 m) in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally west for 16 miles (26 km) draining a watershed of 32,500 acres (13, 152 ha) and enters the Pacific Ocean at Ona Beach, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of...
by CoastView | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Limestone Inlet is 0.25 miles (0.4 km) wide and extends about 2 miles (3.2 km) into the Alaska mainland from the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, between Arthur Peak to the north and Webster Peak to the south, about 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Sitka and 25 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, and the site of the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The harbor and...
by CoastView | Jul 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Freshwater, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
The Salinas River starts in the central California Coast Ranges and drains a watershed of 2.7 million acres (1 million ha), flowing 175 miles (282 km) generally northwest to Monterey Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of Monterey and 3 miles (5 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Ford Arm is an embayment about 0.3 miles (483 m) across and 4 miles (6.5 km) long, on the west coast of Chichagof Island, about 44 miles (71 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (44 km) south-southeast of Pelican, Alaska. Ford Arm was named in 1897 by Lieutenant...
