by CoastView | Oct 4, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Anacortes ferry terminal is located at Ship Harbor, an embayment on the northwestern shore of Fidalgo Island and the southern shore of Guemes Channel, about 85 miles (137 km) north of Seattle and 3.7 miles (6 km) west of the community of Anacortes, Washington. In...
by CoastView | Sep 30, 2022 | 2022, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Walton Lighthouse is situated on the west jetty at the entrance to the Santa Cruz harbor adjacent to Seabright State Beach, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Monterey and in the city of Santa Cruz, California. The lighthouse is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of...
by CoastView | Sep 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Sumdum is a historical mine and community located at the head of Sanford Cove, an embayment on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Petersburg and 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The mining camp had a post office...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Leque Island is located at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River on South Pass channel that separates Camano Island from the mainland, about 43 miles (69 km) north of Seattle and 0.6 miles (1 km) southwest of Stanwood, Washington. The island is named after Nels P....
by CoastView | Sep 26, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Carlisle is a historical remote salmon cannery on the east bank at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Carlisle was built in 1895, as one of the first canneries...
by CoastView | Sep 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use
Point Spencer is the north end of a spit about 19 miles (31 km) long, between the Bering Sea and Port Clarence, on the Seward Peninsula, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Teller, Alaska. The point was named in 1827 by Captain Frederick W. Beechey for Captain Robert...
