by CoastView | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Salt Chuck is a historical mining village at the head of Kasaan Bay on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Thorne Bay, Alaska. The local name was first published in 1943 by the...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Islands, Land Use
Fire Island is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long, located at the head of Cook Inlet within the Municipality of Anchorage, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Hope and 9 miles (14.5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The island was named “Turnagain...
by CoastView | Sep 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Developments, Islands, Land Use
Strongtide Islet is part of the Chatham Islands that are off the southern coast of Vancouver Island, about 5.4 miles (8.7 km) east-northeast of Victoria and 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of Oak Bay, British Columbia. The Chatham Islands were given their current name in...
by CoastView | Sep 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments
Niblack is a historic mining community at the head of Niblack Anchorage, an estuary that extends west for 2.5 miles (4 km) off Moira Sound, on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Ketchikan and 28 miles (45 km) southeast...
by CoastView | Sep 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Shelter Cabins
Akeonik is a shelter cabin and historically a reindeer station at the northern end of Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea coast at Icy Cape, about 50 miles (81 km) southwest of Wainwright and 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Point Lay, Alaska. Throughout the mid to late...
by CoastView | Sep 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments
The Willow Prospect is an oilfield development project on leased federal lands within the Bear Tooth Unit of the National Petroleum Reserve, about 118 miles (190 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska. The U.S. Geological...
