by CoastView | Sep 5, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Best of 2021, California, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Soquel Creek runs through Capitola, a community adjacent to Santa Cruz on the north coast of Monterey Bay, about 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco and 26 miles (42 km) north of Monterey, California. Soquel Creek has a drainage area of about 25,600 acres (10,360...
by CoastView | Sep 4, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Akutan Airport is a State of Alaska owned public-use airport on Akun Island that serves the community of Akutan which is 6 miles (10 km) west-southwest across Akutan Bay on Akutan Island, about 766 miles (1,235 km) southwest of Anchorage and 44 miles (71 km) northeast...
by CoastView | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Crofton is a small coastal community at Osborne Bay on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, about 34 miles (55 km) north-northwest of Victoria and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Nanaimo, British Columbia. The area is the traditional territory of the Halalt First...
by CoastView | Aug 31, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Old Harbor is a small Alutiiq community situated on the western shore of Sitkalidak Strait that separates Sitkalidak Island from Kodiak Island, about 48 miles (77 km) southwest of Kodiak and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Akhiok, Alaska. The Alutiiq name for the...
by CoastView | Aug 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Bolinas Lagoon is a tidal estuary situated between the communities of Bolinas to the west and Stinson Beach to the east, about 35 miles (56 km) south-southeast of Bodega Bay and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of San Francisco, California. The lagoon opens to Bolinas Bay,...
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Taku Harbor is a historical community and the site of an abandoned cannery in a small embayment on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage near Taku Inlet, about 86 miles (138 km) northeast of Sitka and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. Taku Harbor is named...
