by CoastView | Mar 27, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2023, Natural History
Lawyer Islands are located in Malacca Passage, part of the Canadian Inside Passage between Porcher Island to the south and the Tsimpsean Peninsula to the north and just off the mouth of the Skeena River, about 102 miles (165 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 13 miles (20...
by CoastView | Mar 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2023
Cape Hinchinbrook is a headland with a light station on the southwestern point of Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound, about 79 miles (127 km) southeast of Whittier and 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The cape was named in 1778 by Captain James...
by CoastView | Mar 22, 2023 | Alaska, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2023
Guard Islands are separated from Vallenar Point at the northern tip of Gravina Island by Inside Passage, a channel that connects the northern entrance of Tongass Narrows to the east from Clarence Strait to the west, and are part of an island chain that includes...
by CoastView | Mar 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2023
Cordova Rose is a landlocked barge that was converted to a guest lodge on the southern shore of Odiak Slough, a tidal embayment on Orca Inlet in Prince William Sound and adjacent to Eyak Lake, about 46 miles (74 km) south-southeast of Valdez and 0.5 miles (0.8 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 6, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2023, Natural History, Parks
Cape Scott is a headland about 500 feet (150 m) high at the extreme northwestern point of Vancouver Island in Cape Scott Provincial Park, about 256 miles 412 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert and 41 miles (66 km) west of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The promontory...
by CoastView | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, February 2023, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses
Pachena Point Light Station is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest of Victoria and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia. The light station is situated on Pachena...
