by CoastView | Nov 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Embayments, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Christmas-Island.mp3 Christmas Island, approximately 200 feet (61 m) across, is located between Beecher Pass and Duncan Canal, about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Petersburg, Alaska. The name...
by CoastView | Nov 6, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Communities, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Miners-Bay.mp3 Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass, which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney,...
by CoastView | Nov 1, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Mermaid-Island.mp3 Mermaid Island is located on McKeon Flats, a tidal flat formed by the Wosnesenski River as it flows into Neptune Bay, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8...
by CoastView | Oct 31, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DArcy-Island.mp3 D’Arcy Island, part of the Southern Gulf Islands in Haro Strait, covers approximately 205 acres (83 ha), about 30 miles (48 km) west of Anacortes and 10 miles (16 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 30, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Shakun-Island.mp3 Shakun Islets is a group of grass-covered islands and submerged reefs extending 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north to south at the entrance of Swikshak Bay in Shelikof Strait, about...
by CoastView | Oct 24, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HMCS-MacKenzie.mp3 HMCS Mackenzie was a destroyer scuttled in Haro Strait, between Cornet and Gooch Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands, approximately 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of...
