by CoastView | Jul 2, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Michigan Creek starts at an elevation of 1400 feet (427 m) and flows generally south for 4 miles (6.4 km) through the coast mountains on Vancouver Island and enters the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Pachena Point...
by CoastView | Jul 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History
Sawyer Glacier, also called North Sawyer Glacier, starts in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia at an elevation of about 6,600 feet (2,012 m) and flows generally west for 14 miles (23 km) to the Alaska border at an elevation of 3,600 feet (1,097 m) and then...
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...
by CoastView | Jun 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Surf Beach is within Vandenberg Space Force Base and extends south-southwest for about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) from the mouth of the Santa Ynez River estuary to Spring Canyon, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Pismo Beach and 9 miles (14.5 km) west-northwest of Lompoc,...
by CoastView | Jun 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Kashteen Peninsula is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve on the eastern shore of Icy Bay, between Tsaa Fjord to the south and Guyot Fjord to the north, and is emerging from under the retreating Guyot Glacier, about 149 miles (240 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 26, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Waterfalls
Salt Lagoon is situated at the southwestern base of the Spiller Range on Porcher Island and is connected by a tidal channel 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long to Porcher Inlet that extends 11 miles (81 km) from the south and nearly bisects the island, about 15 miles (24 km)...
