by CoastView | Feb 9, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SSYukon.mp3 The steamship Yukon, bound from Goodnews Bay on the Kuskokwim River to Seattle in 1913, ran aground in fog and became a total loss on the north-west end of Sanak Island on what is...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Elringtonisland.mp3 Point Elrington is a tied-island connected by a gravel isthmus to the south-western tip of Elrington Island in the Gulf of Alaska, about 96 miles (155 km) south-west of...
by CoastView | Feb 3, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TreadwellMine.mp3 Treadwell is a historical gold mine on the eastern coast of Douglas Island on Gastineau Channel, about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-east of the community of Douglas and 3 miles...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2026 | 2026, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MurderCove.mp3 Tyee is the site of a historical cannery and shore whaling station in Murder Cove, an embayment about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) across at the southern tip of Admiralty Island, about 24...
by CoastView | Jan 24, 2026 | 2026, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DestructionIsland.mp3 Destruction Island is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge, located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) offshore from the Olympic Peninsula, about 56 miles (90 km)...
by CoastView | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Islands, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DoddNarrows.mp3 Dodd Narrows is located at the northwest end of Mudge Island, separating it from Vancouver Island, approximately 33 miles (53 km) west-southwest of Vancouver and 6 miles (10...
