by CoastView | Dec 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Nash Harbor is a historic settlement situated at the outlet of a lagoon on the south shore of an embayment also named Nash Harbor bounded by Cape Algonquin to the west and Chingeeruk Point to the east, on the north coast of Nunivak Island, about 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks
Christmas Island is the largest of several small reefs and islets on the western coastline and near the entrance of Security Bay on Kuiu Island, about 45 miles (72 km) south of Angoon and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Kake, Alaska. Kuiu Island is in the Alexander...
by CoastView | Dec 23, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Saxman is a community on the west coast of Revillagigedo Island on Tongass Narrows across from Pennock Island, about 86 miles (138 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. The community is named after Samuel A. Saxman, a...
by CoastView | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Squaw Harbor is a historical cannery and fishing village situated on the north shore of Baralof Bay on the east coast of Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands, about 258 miles (415 km) east-northeast of Unalaska and 7 miles (11 km) south-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska....
by CoastView | Dec 16, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Lawson Harbour was a historical community on Lewis Island between Chismore Passage to the west and Arthur Passage to the east near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Terrace and 20 miles (32 km) south of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Dec 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Stebbins is a community in southern Norton Sound situated on a small sand spit along the northern shore of Saint Michael Island at Cape Stephens, which is in the lee of Stuart Island to the northwest and separated by a channel 1 mile (1.6 km) wide named Stephens Pass,...
