by CoastView | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kern Creek is between Portage and Girdwood on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska. The stream flows southwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the Chugach Mountains. The name...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2023 | 2026, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, October 2026, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Hedley-Spit-1.wav Hedley Spit is an accretionary deposit, about 3.5 feet (1 m) above sea level, on Bainbridge Island at Point Monroe, just north of Fay Bainbridge Park (long called Fay...
by CoastView | Oct 3, 2023 | 2026, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, October 2026, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AnoNuevoDunes.mp3 The Año Nuevo Dunes lie within Año Nuevo State Park, on a low, rocky, windswept point known for its pinniped rookeries and seabirds, about 55 miles (89 km) south of San...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2023 | 2026, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Land Use, October 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Chemainus.mp3 Chemainus is a former logging town founded in 1858 on the western shore of Stuart Channel, on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Oct 1, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, October 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CanneryCove.mp3 Cannery Cove lies on the southeastern shore near the head of North Arm Moira Sound, about 28 miles (45 km) east-southeast of Hydaburg and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Sep 30, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, October 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LomenandCo.mp3 In 1915 Lomen & Company built a reindeer meatpacking plant on Golovnin Bay, roughly 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Elim and 7.8 miles (12.5 km) southeast of Golovin, Alaska....
