by CoastView | Oct 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
Gull Rock is a point of land on the south shore of Turnagain Arm on the Kenai Peninsula, about 18 miles (29 km) south-southeast of Anchorage and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Hope, Alaska. The name was first published in 1943 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey....
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Peterson Lagoon is the estuary of Peterson Creek that starts from the outlet of Peterson Lake at an elevation of 734 feet (224 m) on Auke Mountain and flows north-northwest for 4 miles (7 km) to the lagoon that connects to Eagle Harbor, about 56 miles (90 km)...
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 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History
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 km) north-northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. Windham Bay was named after Point Windham...
