by CoastView | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Graveyard Point is a historical steamboat landing and telegraph station near the confluence of the Shames River and the Skeena River, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Prince Rupert and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Terrace, British Columbia. The point is a natural...
by CoastView | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Fulford Harbour is an embayment and a small community on the southeast coast of Salt Spring Island, about 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Vancouver and 9 miles (14.5 km) north-northwest of Sidney, British Columbia. Fulford Harbour is a BC Ferries terminal with regular...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Willy Island is the largest of the Shoal Islands located just off the mouth of the Chemainus River on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Vancouver and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Sidney, British Columbia. The island is part...
by CoastView | Oct 5, 2023 | 2026, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, October 2026, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Kshwan-River.wav The Kshwan River rises at the retreating terminus of the Kshwan Glacier in the Cambria Icefield and flows south for about 10 miles (16 km), merging with the Sutton River...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2023 | 2026, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Land Use, October 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Chemainus.mp3 Chemainus is a former logging town founded in 1858 on the western shore of Stuart Channel, on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Sep 27, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Developments, Islands, Land Use, October 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Strongtide-Islet.wav Strongtide Islet is one of the Chatham Islands, off the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, about 5.4 miles (8.7 km) east-northeast of Victoria and 2.5 miles (4 km)...