by CoastView | Jun 15, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses
WLV-196 Umatilla was the last lightship to mark Umatilla Reef off Washington state and in 2005 was moored on the north shore of Pennock Island in Southeast Alaska, about 2.75 miles (4.4 km) northwest of Saxman and 0.75 miles (1.2 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska....
by CoastView | Jun 14, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Developments, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Triple Island is the site of a large manned light station in Brown Passage, about 83 miles (134 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan and 22 miles (35 km) west-southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Brown Passage is a deep ocean channel connecting the western...
by CoastView | Jun 10, 2024 | 2024, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Lighthouses, Oregon
The Cape Arago Light is the third of a series of light towers built on Gregory Point and Chiefs Island just south of the entrance to Coos Bay, about 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Coos Bay and 3 miles (5 km) west of Charleston, Oregon. The headland was originally...
by CoastView | Jun 8, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Developments, Historical, Lighthouses
Carmanah Point is the site of a historic light station in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island that marks the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 65 miles (105 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 17 miles (27 km)...
by CoastView | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks
Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff near the southern entrance to Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon. A small community about...
by CoastView | May 6, 2024 | 2024, Communities, Embayments, Lighthouses, Oregon, Shipwrecks
Yaquina Bay Light is located on the north shore of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Corvallis and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is an estuary of the Yaquina River, approximately 2048 acres (829 ha) in area, with a...