by CoastView | Feb 22, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Developments, February 2025, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Point Wilson is the site of a historic light station on the grounds of former Fort Worden, situated on a low, broad sand spit that extends northeast for 1.5 miles (0.8 km) from the northern end of the Quimper Peninsula into Admiralty Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) east...
by CoastView | Feb 16, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, February 2025, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
West Ballenas Island is the site of a historic lighthouse in the Ballenas-Winchelsea Archipelago, part of the Gulf Islands, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Nanaimo and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Parksville, British Columbia. The island is about 100 acres (40 ha)...
by CoastView | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, February 2025, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Dryad Point is on the northeastern point of Campbell Island and is the site of a historic lighthouse that marks the intersection of Lama Passage to the east and Seaforth Channel to the north on the Inside Passage, about 173 miles (278 km) southeast of Prince Rupert...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, February 2025, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Mines, Rivers, Washington
Slip Point is located on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, at the eastern end of Clallam Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula about 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 0.7 miles (1 km) northeast of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington. The...
by CoastView | Jan 7, 2025 | 2025, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Islands, January 2025, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Tatoosh Island is the largest of a small group of islands offshore from Cape Flattery and the site of a historic light station, situated on the Makah Reservation, about 34 miles (55 km) north of La Push and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Neah Bay, Washington. Cape...
by CoastView | Jan 2, 2025 | 2025, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, January 2025, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Arguello is a prominent headland and the site of Vandenberg Space Launch Complex, as well as a historical cattle ranch, lighthouse station, and a Loran station, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Lompoc,...
