by CoastView | Mar 6, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2024, Natural History
Chrome Island is located 0.15 miles (0.24 km) south of Boyle Point Provincial Park, on the southern tip of Denman Island, and is the site of a historic lighthouse that marks the southern entrance to Baynes Sound, about 72 miles (116 km) west-northwest of Vancouver and...
by CoastView | Mar 2, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, March 2024, Natural History
Langara is the northernmost island of the Haida Gwaii archipelago and the site of a historic light station that marks the southern boundary of Dixon Entrance, about 94 miles (151 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska and 38 miles (61 km) west-northwest of Masset, British...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, February 2024, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Browns Point is a conspicuous landmark in Puget Sound located at the southern end of East Passage and at the entrance to Commencement Bay, about 21 miles (34 km) south-southwest of Seattle and 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tacoma, Washington. In May 1841, the U.S....
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Embayments, February 2024, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Point Robinson is the eastern point of Maury Island in Puget Sound and the site of a historic lighthouse, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Seattle and 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Tacoma, Washington. The point was named in 1841 by the United States Exploring...
by CoastView | Dec 28, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
The Marine Exchange Lookout Station is on Fort Miley at Lands End in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, about 6 miles (10 km) west of downtown San Francisco and 2.7 miles (4.4 km) southwest of the Presidio at the Golden Gate, California. After gold was...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
New Dungeness Light Station is located on Dungeness Spit in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. Dungeness Spit...