by CoastView | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Salt Chuck is a historical mining village at the head of Kasaan Bay on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Thorne Bay, Alaska. The local name was first published in 1943 by the...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Little Sucia Island is part of an archipelago of ten islands including Sucia Island, Ewing, Justice, Herndon, Cluster Islands, and several smaller unnamed islands, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Bellingham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Eastsound, Washington. The...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Islands, Land Use
Fire Island is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long, located at the head of Cook Inlet within the Municipality of Anchorage, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Hope and 9 miles (14.5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The island was named “Turnagain...
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 | Jul 27, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PorlierPass.mp3 Porlier Pass separates Valdes Island to the north from Galiano Island to the south in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver...
by CoastView | Jul 26, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Shaktoolik.mp3 Shaktoolik is a small community on a spit forming Shaktoolik Bay, on the eastern shore of Norton Sound, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Golovin and 35 miles (56 km)...
