by CoastView | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Canneries, Communities, Historical, Rivers
Port Essington is an abandoned cannery town on the south bank of the Skeena River estuary at the confluence of the Ecstall River, about 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Terrace and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It is located on the...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Best of 2021, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Larsen Bay is a small village and historical salmon cannery on Larsen Bay, an embayment that extends 6 miles (9.6 km) off of Uyak Bay on the west coast of Kodiak Island, about 125 miles (202 km) southeast of King Salmon and 58 miles (94 km) west-southwest of Kodiak,...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Parks, Rivers
Tuxedni Bay is an estuary that extends southeast for 14 miles (23 km) from the mouth of Tuxedni River to Cook Inlet at Chisik Island, about 59 miles (95 km) northwest of Homer and 57 miles (92 km) southwest of Kenai, Alaska. The Dena’ina name for the bay was...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical
Yakutat is a small community at the head of Monti Bay, on the southeast shore of Yakutat Bay, about 222 miles (358 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 210 miles (339 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The name “Baie de Monti” was given to Yakutat Bay or a part...
by CoastView | Jul 6, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Freshwater, Historical, Rivers
Kenai River flows into Cook Inlet on the western shore of the Kenai Peninsula, about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Anchorage and at the community of Kenai, Alaska. In June 1787, Stepan Zaikov on Saint Pavel of the Lebedev-Lastochkin Company established a post at the...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands
Craig is a community situated on Craig Island connected by a causeway to the western coast of Prince of Wales Island approximately 56 miles (90 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 220 miles (350 km) south of Juneau, Alaska. This is the largest town on Prince of Wales...
