by CoastView | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff near the southern entrance to Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon. A small community about...
by CoastView | May 22, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical
Ellamar is a historical mining camp on Virgin Bay in Prince William Sound, at the base of Ellamar Mountain, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Valdez and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tatitlek, Alaska. A post office was established here in 1900. The mountain was...
by CoastView | May 21, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Historical
Douglas is a historical village in Katmai National Park and Preserve, also called Kayayak, or Kaguyak but not to be confused with Kaguyak on Kodiak Island, situated on the Shelikof Strait coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 112 miles (181 km) southwest of Homer and...
by CoastView | May 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Historical
Brevig Mission is an IƱupiat village located on Brevig Lagoon, on the north shore of Port Clarence, about 151 miles (244 km) southwest of Kotzebue and 81 miles (130 km) northwest of Nome, Alaska. Brevig Lagoon was probably named after Reverend Tollef L. Brevig, a...
by CoastView | May 6, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Embayments, Lighthouses, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Yaquina Bay Light is located on the north shore of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Corvallis and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is an estuary of the Yaquina River, approximately 2048 acres (829 ha) in area, with a...
by CoastView | May 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments
The Port of Anchorage is on the southeastern shore of Knik Arm at the head of Cook Inlet, about 75 miles (121 km) north of Seward and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and was first established in 1913 as a...
