by CoastView | Sep 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Developments, Islands, Land Use
Strongtide Islet is part of the Chatham Islands that are off the southern coast of Vancouver Island, about 5.4 miles (8.7 km) east-northeast of Victoria and 2.5 miles (4 km) northeast of Oak Bay, British Columbia. The Chatham Islands were given their current name in...
by CoastView | Sep 25, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Historical, Islands
Port Vita is an abandoned herring reduction plant and saltery located on Raspberry Strait, on the northeastern coast of Raspberry Island, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Port Lions, Alaska. Raspberry Island is 18 miles (29...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2023 | 2023, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses, Washington
Marrowstone Point is a low broad spit on the north shore of Marrowstone Island that marks the entrance to Port Townsend Bay from Admiralty Inlet, about 38 miles (61 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Port Townsend, Washington. Captain...
by CoastView | Sep 14, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Islands
Chenega is a village located on the western shore of Crab Bay, on the southeastern coast of Evans Island in Prince William Sound, about 84 miles (135 km) southwest of Cordova and 49 miles (79 km) east of Seward, Alaska. The village is named after the Chenega people,...
by CoastView | Sep 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Historical, Islands
Port Wakefield is an abandoned cannery on the east coast of Raspberry Island, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kodiak and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Port Lions, Alaska. The facility was named for Lowell Alvin Wakefield who is regarded as the founder of the...
by CoastView | Sep 3, 2023 | 2023, Historical, Islands, Rivers, Washington
James Island has an elevation of over 160 feet (50 m) and is located at the mouth of the Quillayute River, about 32 miles (52 km) south of Neah Bay and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of La Push, Washington. The island reputedly was named for Francis Wilcox James, a lighthouse...
