by CoastView | Mar 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Waterfall is a historic cannery situated on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island on Ulloa Channel, adjacent to Port Refugio on Suemez Island, approximately 145 miles (234 km) southeast of Sitka and 60 miles (97 km) west of Ketchikan, Alaska. The cannery was named...
by CoastView | Mar 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Fort Stevens was constructed during the American Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore at the mouth of the Columbia River on Point Adams, about 15 miles (24 km) north of Seaside and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Astoria, Oregon. It was originally...
by CoastView | Mar 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses
Cape Hinchinbrook is a headland with a light station on the southwestern point of Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound, about 79 miles (127 km) southeast of Whittier and 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The cape was named in 1778 by Captain James...
by CoastView | Mar 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Claim Point forms the western shore of Chrome Bay at the northern entrance to Port Chatham on the Kenai Peninsula, the site of a historical chromite mine, about 100 miles (162 km) north-northwest of Kodiak and 33 miles (53 km) south-southwest of Homer, Alaska. Port...
by CoastView | Mar 19, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Coal Harbour is a community located on the north side of Holberg Inlet in Quatsino Sound, about 220 miles (355 km) northwest of the city of Vancouver and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Port Hardy, British Columbia. Coal Harbour was named after a small and unsuccessful...
by CoastView | Mar 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Old Kukak was a historical Sugpiaq Alutiiq village located on Kukak Point that forms the northern shore of Devils Cove on the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 94 miles (152 km) southwest of King Salmon and 74 miles (119 km) northwest of...