by CoastView | Aug 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Headlands, Historical
Cape Fanshaw is a low wooded point at the junction of Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) south of Juneau and 68 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Cape Fanshaw Light is at the point on a skeleton tower with daymarks 33 feet (10...
by CoastView | Aug 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Parks
Kincaid Park is 1,517 acres (614 ha) located on Point Campbell between Knik and Turnagain Arms at the head of Cook Inlet, 5.2 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The park was created in 1978 on the site of a deactivated Nike missile base. The park...
by CoastView | Aug 1, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Historical, July 2026, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MountEdgecumbe.mp3 In 1813, the Russian exploration ship Neva wrecked near Mount Edgecumbe on Kruzof Island, about 93 miles (150 km) southwest of Juneau and 10 miles (16 km) west of Sitka,...
by CoastView | Jul 31, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Embayments, Historical, July 2026, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GeographicHarbor.mp3 Geographic Harbor lies within Katmai National Park and Preserve, formed by two large bays extending 3 miles (5 km) off Amalik Bay on Shelikof Strait, about 86 miles (139...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Historical, Islands, July 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FairwayRock.mp3 Fairway Rock is located in the Bering Strait, 17 miles (27 km) offshore from Cape Prince of Wales at the western end of the Seward Peninsula, about 11 miles (18 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 28, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Historical, July 2026
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/BootleggersCove.mp3 Bootleggers Cove is a coastal neighborhood along the tidal flats of Cook Inlet, about 0.73 miles (1.2 km) northeast of Westchester Lagoon and 0.5 miles (0.8 km)...
