by CoastView | Jul 25, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Beaver Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,400 feet (427 m) in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally west for 16 miles (26 km) draining a watershed of 32,500 acres (13, 152 ha) and enters the Pacific Ocean at Ona Beach, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of...
by CoastView | Jul 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Historical, Kachemak, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Grewingk Glacier starts in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally northwest for 11 miles (18 km) to a proglacial lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long that is drained by Grewingk Creek that flows 3.5 miles (6 km) to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40...
by CoastView | Jul 23, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Beaver Point is a prominent headland in Ruckle Provincial Park on the southeastern shore of Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands and at the northwestern end of Swanson Channel, about 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Sidney and 4 miles (6 km) east of...
by CoastView | Jul 18, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Sisters Rocks, also known historically as Three Sisters Rocks, is a minor headland between Mussel Creek to the north and Eucher Creek to the south, at the site of the historical town of Frankport, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Gold Beach and 11 miles (18 km)...
by CoastView | Jul 16, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Brockton Point is a prominent peninsula in Stanley Park on the southern coast of Burrard Inlet that forms the north shore of Coal Harbour in the city of Vancouver, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Tsawwassen and 2.6 miles (4 km) southeast of West Vancouver, British...
by CoastView | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Ten Mile River drains a watershed of about 76,800 acres (31,080 ha) and flows generally southwest for 7 miles (11 km) to the Pacific Ocean at the northern border of MacKerricher State Park, about 9 miles (15 km) north-northeast of the Noyo River at Fort Bragg and 5.7...