by CoastView | Sep 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Shelter Cabins
Akeonik is a shelter cabin and historically a reindeer station at the northern end of Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea coast at Icy Cape, about 50 miles (81 km) southwest of Wainwright and 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Point Lay, Alaska. Throughout the mid to late...
by CoastView | Sep 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Historical, Islands
Port Wakefield is an abandoned cannery on the east coast of Raspberry Island, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kodiak and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Port Lions, Alaska. The facility was named for Lowell Alvin Wakefield who is regarded as the founder of the...
by CoastView | Sep 10, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Historical, Oregon, Parks
Indian Sands is an archaeological site in Samuel H. Boardman State Park, about 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Brookings and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Carpenterville, Oregon. The artifacts found at the Indian Sands site are older than known sites on the...
by CoastView | Sep 8, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Historical
Ogden Point is a deepwater port facility and cruise ship terminal located 21 miles (34 km) north of Port Angeles and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Ogden Point was named after Peter Skene Ogden who was a prominent 19th Century trader...
by CoastView | Sep 3, 2023 | 2023, Historical, Islands, Rivers, Washington
James Island has an elevation of over 160 feet (50 m) and is located at the mouth of the Quillayute River, about 32 miles (52 km) south of Neah Bay and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of La Push, Washington. The island reputedly was named for Francis Wilcox James, a lighthouse...
by CoastView | Aug 26, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical
Pleasantside is a residential neighbourhood located on the northern shore of Port Moody, which is the eastern extension of Burrard Inlet, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Vancouver and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the community of Port Moody, British Columbia. Port...
