by CoastView | Nov 26, 2023 | 2021, British Columbia, Developments, Historical, Rivers
Telegraph Point is the historical site of a telegraph station on the north bank of the Skeena River, about 48 miles (77 km) southwest of Terrace and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The site is now a pullout and rest area along the...
by CoastView | Nov 24, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Historical
Nunagiak is an abandoned village at Point Belcher that dates to the prehistorical Thule culture, located about 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Wainwright, Alaska. This coastline is a barrier beach that rises 6 to 10 feet (2-3...
by CoastView | Nov 21, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Rivers
Dutton is a historical mining camp at the mouth of Ptarmigan Creek at the head of Cottonwood Bay, about 78 miles (126 km) west of Homer and 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Pedro Bay, Alaska. Ptarmigan Creek flows east for 10 miles (16 km) through the Chigmit Mountains...
by CoastView | Nov 18, 2023 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Communities, Historical
Jabbertown is a historical shore whaling station on the Chukchi Sea coast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Point Hope, also known as Tigara, Alaska. The whaling station was shown on a chart in 1898, and the name is...
by CoastView | Nov 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, November 2023, Rivers
Kustatan is a historical Dena’ina community on West Foreland, on the west side of Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kustatan River, about 71 miles (115 km) southwest of Anchorage and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Kenai, Alaska. The last syllable ‘tan’...
by CoastView | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, November 2023
Mekoryuk is a community situated at the western entrance to Shoal Bay on the northern shore of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea, about 153 miles (246 km) west-southwest of Bethel and 80 miles (129 km) south of Hooper Bay, Alaska. Mekoryuk is the only community on the...
