by CoastView | Jul 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Shipwrecks
Cathedral Rocks is an island 0.3 miles (0.5 km) west of Cathedral Point on the northern shore of Makushin Bay, on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Eastern Aleutians, about 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Nikolski and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Dutch Harbor,...
by CoastView | Jul 10, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Rivers, Waterfalls
Baranof is a community located at the head of Warm Springs Bay, at the outlet of Baranof Lake, on the Chatham Strait coast of Baranof Island, about 86 miles (139 km) south-southwest of Juneau and 20 miles (32 km) east of Sitka, Alaska. The Tlingit name for the island...
by CoastView | Jul 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Chirikof Island is about 33,000 acres (13,000 ha) and part of the Kodiak Island Archipelago located in the western Gulf of Alaska, about 180 miles (290 km) southwest of Kodiak and 137 miles (221 km) east of Perryville, Alaska. Despite the extreme remoteness, the...
by CoastView | Jul 7, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Parks
Fisgard Island Light Station is located in Royal Roads off the southern shore of Vancouver Island at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) west of Victoria and in the community of Colwood, British Columbia. In 1846, Commander James Woods surveyed...
by CoastView | Jul 5, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands
Craig is a community situated on Craig Island connected by a causeway to the western coast of Prince of Wales Island approximately 56 miles (90 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 220 miles (350 km) south of Juneau, Alaska. This is the largest town on Prince of Wales...
by CoastView | Jul 2, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Parks
Sidney Island is one of the southern Gulf Islands located in Haro Strait, about 45 miles (73 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east of Sidney, British Columbia. The original name for the island was Sallas Island, but in 1859, it was renamed by...