by CoastView | Jan 12, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Le-Conte.mp3 Le Conte Glacier starts from the Stikine Icefield in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, at an elevation of about 8,500 feet (2,591 m) between Devils Thumb and Mount Gilroy,...
by CoastView | Jan 3, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyder.mp3 Hyder is a small community at the mouth of the Salmon River, on the western shore and near the head of Portland Canal, about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Ketchikan and 2.5 miles (4...
by CoastView | Jan 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hutchins-1.mp3 Hutchins Bay is on the eastern shore of Glacier Bay, partially surrounding the Beardslee Islands in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 155 miles (249 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Dec 29, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Vancouver is a coastal seaport located on the Burrard Peninsula in the Fraser River Delta, between Burrard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south, about 60 miles (97 km) north-northeast of Victoria and 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Nanaimo, British...
by CoastView | Dec 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Geikie Inlet is a fjord about 8 miles (13 km) long that trends generally northeast from the mouth of the Geikie River to the western coast of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 130 miles (209 km) southeast of Yakutat and 32 miles (51 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 25, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
West Glacier Creek flows generally south-southeast for about 7 miles (11 km) to the north shore of Chinitna Bay, draining a watershed between the Chigmit Mountains and Mount Iliamna, about 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Kenai and 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of...
