by CoastView | Jan 18, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Juneau is the Alaska state capital situated at the mouth of Gold Creek on Gastineau Channel, about 93 miles (150 km) northeast of Sitka and 87 miles (140 km) south-southeast of Skagway, Alaska. The community originated in 1880 as a mining camp called...
by CoastView | Jan 15, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Mines, Rivers, Washington
Slip Point is located on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, at the eastern end of Clallam Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula about 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 0.7 miles (1 km) northeast of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington. The...
by CoastView | Jan 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Scidmore Bay is enclosed by the Gilbert Peninsula to the east and the Fairweather Mountains to the west, and is situated within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 119 miles (192 km) southeast of Yakutat and 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska....
by CoastView | Jan 3, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles (18 km) from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 (81 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska. The glacier was named by members of the Harriman...
by CoastView | Dec 31, 2021 | 2021, British Columbia, Chemical Pollution, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Stewart is a Canadian border community at the mouth of the Bear River and the head of Portland Canal, connected to Hyder, Alaska by 2 miles (3.2 km) of road, about 99 miles (159 km) east-southeast of Wrangell and 114 miles (183 km) north of Prince Rupert, British...
by CoastView | Dec 27, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Nitrogen Cycle, Parks, Phosphorus, Rivers
Coghill River is in Chugach National Forest and flows southwest for 5 miles (8 km) from the terminus of Dartmouth Glacier to Coghill Lake, which is 4.7 miles (7.5 km) long, and then west-southwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to College Fjord near Coghill Point, about 54...
