by CoastView | Apr 25, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Dismal Nitch is a cove on the north shore of the lower Columbia River, historically significant as the last campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition before they sighted the Pacific Ocean, about 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Ilwaco, Washington and 4.5 miles (7 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park is located at the head of Kildala Arm, a fjord that extends generally southeast for 10 miles (16 km) from Douglas Channel, about 81 miles (130 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, and 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Mar 30, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Ark Island is situated at the mouth of the Aniakchak River on the north shore of Aniakchak Bay and on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 205 miles (330 km) southwest of Kodiak and 47 miles (75 km) northeast of Chignik, Alaska. The name for the...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Chemical Pollution, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Tijuana River drains a watershed of 1.1 million acres (450,000 ha) starting from the Sierra de Juárez of northern Baja California and flowing generally west-northwest for 120 miles (195 km) to the Pacific Ocean at the southern city limits of Imperial Beach, about 11...
by CoastView | Mar 21, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Umpqua River flows generally west-northwest for 111 miles (179 km), draining a watershed of 2.4 million acres (1 million ha), from the Cascade Mountains through the Coast Range to Winchester Bay in the Oregon Dunes, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Coos Bay and 5.5...
by CoastView | Mar 14, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Ma-le’l Dunes are a National Natural Landmark situated between the Mad River Slough and the Pacific Ocean at the base of the Samoa Peninsula that partially encloses the northern part of Humboldt Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Manila and 3.5 miles (5.6 km)...
