by CoastView | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Best of 2023, Best of 2024, British Columbia, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Island Copper was an open pit mine located at the northern end of Vancouver Island on Rupert Inlet at the head of Quatsino Sound, about 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Coal Harbour and 8.5 miles (14 km) south of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The mine extracted a...
by CoastView | Feb 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Terror Bay is on the northern coast of Kodiak Island and extends about 7 miles (11 km) south from Uganik Passage to the mouth of Terror River in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, about 32 miles (52 km) east-northeast of Larsen Bay and 30 miles (48 km) west-southwest of...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Mutton Cove is an embayment on Unalaska Island, about 0.3 miles (0.5 km) across, situated on the northern shore of Chernofski Harbor and protected by Observatory Point to the west, about 64 miles (103 km) northeast of Nikolski and 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Dutch...
by CoastView | Feb 15, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Lime Kiln Light was established in 1919 on Lime Kiln Point, a day-use park of 36 acres (15 ha) overlooking Deadman Bay to the south and Haro Strait to the west on the west coast of San Juan Island, about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Victoria and 6.4 miles (10 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Hatcheries, Kachemak, Natural History
Tutka Bay Lagoon is the site of a fish hatchery located about 4 miles (6.5 km) inside and on the southern shore of Tutka Bay in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Seldovia and 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Homer, Alaska. Kachemak Bay is...
