by CoastView | Jun 5, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Daajing Giids was historically known as the village of Queen Charlotte and is situated on the northern shore of Skidegate Inlet on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, about 104 miles (167 km) southwest of Prince Rupert and 52 miles (84 km) south of Masset,...
by CoastView | Jun 4, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Beatson Copper Mine and the abandoned mining community of Latouche are situated at the base of Mount Beatson and adjacent to Powder Point near the northwest tip of Latouche Island in Prince William Sound, about 82 miles (132 km) southwest of Cordova and 57 miles (92...
by CoastView | Jun 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Unga Island is part of the Shumagin Islands situated south of the Alaska Peninsula in the Gulf of Alaska, and the site of a petrified forest exposed along the eroding northern shore, about 64 miles (103 km) northeast of King Cove and 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Sand...
by CoastView | May 29, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
False Narrows is a waterway between 10 and 30 feet (3-9 m) deep, navigable only by small boats and with local knowledge, and about 1.3 miles (2 km) long that separates Gabriola Island to the north from Mudge Island to the south, about 37 miles (60 km) northwest of...
by CoastView | May 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Gull Island is about 633 feet (193 m) long and 93 feet (28 m) high and is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) northwest of Moosehead Point near the entrance to Peterson Bay on the southeast shore of Kachemak Bay, and about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8...
by CoastView | May 16, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Montague Harbour is a provincial marine park located on Trincomali Channel on the southern coast of Galiano Island, one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, about 32 miles (52 km) north of Victoria and 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of Vancouver, British...
