by CoastView | Apr 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Nome is a community at the mouth of the Snake River on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula on Norton Sound, about 289 miles (466 km) northwest of Bethel and 185 miles (298 km) southwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The name is from nearby Cape Nome, but the origin of the...
by CoastView | Apr 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Unalakleet is an Iñupiaq-Yup’ik community built on an ancient beach ridge with an elevation of 7 feet (2 m) at the mouth of the Unalakleet River on the eastern coast of Norton Sound, about 145 miles (234 km) southeast of Nome, and 36 miles (58 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Chomly is the site of a historic cannery and settlement situated on the south shore of West Arm Cholmondeley Sound on Prince of Wales Island, 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The cannery name was...
by CoastView | Apr 16, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Kitimat is a designed community for employees of an aluminum smelter situated on the alluvial fan of the Kitimat River at the head of Douglas Channel, about 71 miles (115 km) east-southeast of Prince Rupert and 32 miles (52 km) south of Terrace, British Columbia. The...
by CoastView | Apr 9, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
North Pacific Cannery was built in 1889 on 183 acres (74 ha) of Crown land on the north shore of Inverness Passage across from Smith Island and near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 70 miles (113 km) southwest of Terrace and 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Islands, Lighthouses, Natural History
Five Fingers is a group of islets and the site of a historic lighthouse situated at the southern entrance to Stephens Passage, about 67 miles (108 km) east-northeast of Sitka and 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. Stephens Passage was named in 1794 by...
