by CoastView | Oct 23, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Lighthouse Park was historically called Point Atkinson, a headland that together with Point Grey to the south, defines the entrance to Burrard Inlet, a fjord incising the lower mainland of British Columbia, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Nanaimo and 8 miles (13...
by CoastView | Oct 16, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
The Lucy Islands is a small group of islets and reefs situated 26 miles (42 km) south of the Alaska border at the intersection of Brown Passage and Chatham Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 12 miles (19 km) west of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Kendrick Island is surrounded by Wakes Cove Provincial Park near the eastern entrance to Gabriola Passage, 0.1 miles (0.2 km) off the northeast coast of Valdes Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver and 12 miles (19 km) east-southeast of Nanaimo,...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Swartz Bay is at the north end of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island and is the location of a BC Ferries terminal that provides the marine link connecting Highway 17 with the mainland, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tsawwassen and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north...
by CoastView | Sep 27, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Lions Gate Bridge spans Burrard Inlet at the First Narrows, a strait about 1,312 feet (400 m) wide between Prospect Point in Stanley Park to the south and the sandy shoals of the Capilano River mouth to the north, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of West Vancouver and...
by CoastView | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
SSÂ Clarksdale Victory is a shipwreck on the west coast of Hippa Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii Archipelago, about 49 miles (79 km) southwest of Masset and 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Queen Charlotte, British Columbia. In 1778,...