by CoastView | Jul 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Rivers, Waterfalls
Baranof is a community located at the head of Warm Springs Bay, at the outlet of Baranof Lake, on the Chatham Strait coast of Baranof Island, about 86 miles (139 km) south-southwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) east of Sitka, Alaska. The Tlingit name for the island...
by CoastView | Jul 9, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Lighthouses, Oregon
Cleft of the Rock Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on Cape Perpetua, at the mouth of North Cape Creek, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Florence and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The lighthouse is named after the Fanny Crosby hymn He Hideth My...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Parks
Fisgard Island Light Station is located in Royal Roads off the southern shore of Vancouver Island at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) west of Victoria and in the community of Colwood, British Columbia. In 1846, Commander James Woods surveyed...
by CoastView | Jul 2, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Parks
Sidney Island is one of the southern Gulf Islands located in Haro Strait, about 45 miles (73 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east of Sidney, British Columbia. The original name for the island was Sallas Island, but in 1859, it was renamed by...
by CoastView | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Nehalem Bay is separated from the Pacific Ocean by an along shore dune called Nehalem Spit in Nehalem Bay State Park, about 15 miles (25 km) north-northwest of Tillamook and 3.8 miles (6 km) south of Manzanita, Oregon. The sandspit is part of Nehalem Bay State Park....
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Sentinel Island is located along the eastern shore of Lynn Canal in the center of Favorite Channel near the northern entrance, about 51 miles (82 km) south-southeast of Haines and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The island was probably named in 1869 by...
