by CoastView | Jun 19, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Race Rocks is a group of nine islets including North Rock, West Race, Great Race, and Rosedale Rock located about 1 mile (1.6 km) off Cape Calver on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Victoria and 11...
by CoastView | Jun 12, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks
Cape Beale is the site of a historic lighthouse marking the southern entrance to Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 89 miles (143 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) southwest of Bamfield,...
by CoastView | Jun 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Point Retreat is a headland with a historic lighthouse on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island, between Lynn Canal to the west and Saginaw Channel of Stephens Passage to the east, about 60 miles (97 km) south-southeast of Haines and 20 miles...
by CoastView | May 26, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Pigeon Point is a prominent headland and the site of a historic lighthouse, situated between Bolsa Point to the north and Franklin Point to the south, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 5 miles (8 km) south of Pescadero, California. The point is named...
by CoastView | May 5, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Cape Mendocino is a major headland on the Lost Coast and the westernmost point in California, situated between Bear River to the north and Mattole River to south, about 210 miles (338 km) northwest of San Francisco, and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Eureka,...
by CoastView | Apr 27, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Año Nuevo Island is the site of a historic light tower and fog signal on about 9 acres (3.6 ha) and separated from Point Año Nuevo by a shallow channel encompassed by Año Nuevo State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 11 miles (18 km)...
