by CoastView | Aug 10, 2023 | 2023, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers
The Salmon River flows for about 24 miles (39 km) from the Central Oregon Coast Range, through the Siuslaw National Forest, to the Pacific Ocean south of Cascade Head, about 73 miles (118 km) southwest of Portland and 6 miles (10 km) north of Lincoln City, Oregon. The...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PorlierPass.mp3 Porlier Pass separates Valdes Island to the north from Galiano Island to the south in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver...
by CoastView | Jul 26, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Shaktoolik.mp3 Shaktoolik is a small community on a spit forming Shaktoolik Bay, on the eastern shore of Norton Sound, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Golovin and 35 miles (56 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 25, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Embayments, Glaciers, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TracyArm.mp3 Tracy Arm is a glaciated fjord in the Tracy Arm–Fords Terror Wilderness of Tongass National Forest, about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Sitka and 42 miles (68 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2026, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SandmanReefs.mp3 The Sandman Reefs are a group of islets, reefs, and wave-washed rocks in the Eastern Aleutian Islands near the western end of the Alaska Peninsula, about 78 miles (126 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2023 | 2026, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, July 2026, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PeacockSpit.mp3 Peacock Spit is the northern portion of a mostly submerged sand bar, generally called the Columbia Bar, at the mouth of the Columbia River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of...
