by CoastView | Dec 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History
Kingigin is an IƱupiat village, also known as Wales, situated at the mouth of Village Creek, on a series of ancient beach ridges separating Lopp Lagoon to the east from the Bering Strait to the west, on the Seward Peninsula at Cape Prince of Wales, about 73 miles (118...
by CoastView | Dec 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Chenik was a historical community at the mouth of Chenik Creek, between Chenik Lake to the west and Chenik Head to the east, on the west shore of Kamishak Bay, about 98 miles (158 km) northeast of King Salmon and 98 miles (158 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kwigillingok is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the west bank of the Kwigillingok River about 2 miles (3.2 km) inland from the northern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) south-southwest of Bethel and 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of...
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 17, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Fort Nisqually was a historical trading post established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833 on Sequalitchew Creek, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east of South Puget Sound at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m), about 14 miles (22.5 km) southwest of Tacoma and 2 miles (3.2 km)...
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...
