by CoastView | Aug 4, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Waterfalls
Kasnyku Falls is a waterfall located on Kasnyku Creek that drains Kasnyku Lake from an elevation of 650 feet (198 m) on the northeast coast of Baranof Island and flows about 1 mile (1.6 km) to Waterfall Cove on Chatham Strait, about 23 miles (37 km) south-southwest of...
by CoastView | Aug 2, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shelter Cabins
Ukivok is a historical Iñupiat village on Uġiuvak Island, also known as King Island which is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across with very steep slopes on all sides and a distinctive double-peaked summit situated in the Bering Sea, about 86 miles (138 km) west-northwest...
by CoastView | Jul 30, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Tlell River starts on the eastern flank of Graham Island in Haida Gwaii and drains a watershed of about 85,000 acres (34,400 ha), flowing generally north-northeast for 28 miles (45 km) to Hecate Strait near the wreck of the steamship SS Pezuta, about 29 miles (47 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Carry Inlet is an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.9 km) across that extends for 3 miles (5 km) into the northwest coast of Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, about 81 miles (130 km) south-southwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska. Shuyak...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Beaver-Point.mp3 Beaver Point is a prominent headland in Ruckle Provincial Park on the southeastern shore of Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands, about 8 miles (13 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Copper-Harbor.mp3 Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, near the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of...
