by CoastView | Jun 29, 2022 | 2022, 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)...
by CoastView | Jun 28, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Union Bay is situated on the lower Cleveland Peninsula between Lemesurier Point to the west and Union Point to the east, at the southern entrance to Ernest Sound, and is the site of a historical salmon cannery that was at the mouth of Cannery Creek, about 3 miles (4.8...
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Copalis River drains a watershed on the southwestern flank of the Olympic Mountains and flows generally southwest for 22 miles (35 km) to the community of Copalis Beach, and then another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Griffith-Priday State Park, about 21...
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Cottonwood Creek is on the Kenai Peninsula in Kachemak Bay State Park and flows generally south for about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Homer and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Voznesenka, Alaska. The creek...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Jun 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Fossil Point is a prominent landmark in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve on the southern shore of Tuxedni Bay, at the north end of Tuxedni Channel and west of Chisik Island, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Kenai and 54 miles (87 km) northwest of Homer,...
