by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...
by CoastView | Oct 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Mines, Rivers
Sixmile Creek flows north for 8 miles (13 km) to the historical community of Sunrise on Turnagain Arm, about 27 miles (44 km) southeast of Anchorage and 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. The watershed starts as Granite Creek which flows from the top of...
by CoastView | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines
Salt Chuck is a historical mining village at the head of Kasaan Bay on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Thorne Bay, Alaska. The local name was first published in 1943 by the...
by CoastView | Jun 30, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, June 2026, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WindhamBay.mp3 Windham is a settlement that historically supported mining operations along Spruce Creek at the head of Windham Bay, about 63 miles (102 km) southeast of Juneau and 57 miles (92...
by CoastView | Jun 22, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, June 2026, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SumdumGlacier.mp3 Sumdum Glacier begins on the south flank of Mount Sumdum, whose summit reaches 6,666 feet (2,032 m), and flows southwest to a hanging terminus at 2,100 feet (640 m), where...
by CoastView | Jun 4, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Chemical Pollution, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, June 2026, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/LaToucheIsland.mp3 The Beatson Copper Mine and the abandoned mining community of Latouche sit at the base of Mount Beatson, near Powder Point at the northwest tip of Latouche Island in Prince...
