by CoastView | Sep 13, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Freshwater, Historical, Parks, Rivers
Togiak River starts at Togiak Lake and drains a watershed of 1,279,512 acres (517,800 ha), flowing generally southwest for 58 miles (93 km) to a wetland marsh about 4 miles (6 km) wide where the river channel splits, with the east channel flowing past the village of...
by CoastView | Sep 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Ship Creek flows generally northwest for about 28 miles (45 km) from the Chugach Mountains to Knik Arm, about 22 miles (35 km) southwest of the village of Knik and 0.5 miles (0.8 km north of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The watershed drains 81,344 acres (32,919 ha)...
by CoastView | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks
China Beach is a small sandy cove on the South Bay of the Golden Gate tucked between Lands End and Baker Beach, once used as a campsite by Chinese fishermen, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Daly City and 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown San Francisco, California. The...
by CoastView | Sep 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
Little Island is in Lynn Canal at the north end of Favorite Channel, 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north of Ralston Island, and about 67 miles (108 km) south of Skagway and 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The descriptive name for the island was given in 1880 by...
by CoastView | Sep 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Chemical Pollution, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Greens Creek Mine is the 5th largest silver producer in the world, located on the eastern shore of Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island, about 77 miles (124 km) north-northeast of Sitka and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Juneau, Alaska. Admiralty Island is 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Sep 6, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Sitka is a community situated on Sitka Sound on the west coast of Baranof Island, about 185 miles (298 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Juneau, Alaska. In 1775, when competing European interests were searching the Pacific Northwest for...
