by CoastView | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Limestone Inlet is 0.25 miles (0.4 km) wide and extends about 2 miles (3.2 km) into the Alaska mainland from the eastern shore of Stephens Passage, between Arthur Peak to the north and Webster Peak to the south, about 84 miles (135 km) northeast of Sitka and 25 miles...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, and the site of the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The harbor and...
by CoastView | Jul 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Annex Creek drains a watershed on the south flank of Annex Ridge and flows generally southeast for 5 miles (8 km) through the Annex Lakes to the western shore of Taku Inlet, about 0.35 miles (0.6 km) southwest of the Annex Creek hydroelectric power facility and 12...
by CoastView | Jun 25, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Foch Lagoon is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and extends for 5 miles (8 km) northwest from the western shore of Douglas Channel in Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Jun 23, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Swanberg Dredge is a placer mining machine that extracts gold from sand and gravel and is located in a small artificial pond at Rocker Gulch, about 200 feet (61 m) north of the Nome-Council Highway on the Seward Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) west of Safety and 1...
by CoastView | Jun 16, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Old Valdez was the original townsite of Valdez built on the outwash plain formed by Valdez Glacier which is drained by Valdez Glacier Stream that flows generally south-southeast for 4.5 miles (7 km) to Port Valdez in Prince William Sound, about 43 miles (69 km)...
