by CoastView | Dec 20, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Chenik was a historical community at the mouth of Chenik Creek, between Chenik Lake to the west and Chenik Head to the east, on the west shore of Kamishak Bay, about 98 miles (158 km) northeast of King Salmon and 98 miles (158 km) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Dec 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Kwigillingok is a Central Yup’ik community situated on the west bank of the Kwigillingok River about 2 miles (3.2 km) inland from the northern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) south-southwest of Bethel and 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Dec 17, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Fort Nisqually was a historical trading post established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833 on Sequalitchew Creek, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east of South Puget Sound at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m), about 14 miles (22.5 km) southwest of Tacoma and 2 miles (3.2 km)...
by CoastView | Dec 15, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Naknek is a community situated on a bluff overlooking the northern bank of the mouth of the Naknek River, at Kvichak Bay which forms the northeastern arm of Bristol Bay, about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Dillingham and 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of King Salmon,...
by CoastView | Dec 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Kaflia Bay is a funnel-shaped embayment that extends west for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the coast of Shelikof Strait between Cape Ugyak to the north and Cape Gull to the south in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 93 miles (150 km) southeast of King Salmon and 75...
by CoastView | Dec 9, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Karluk Village is situated on the southern shore of Karluk Lagoon, an embayment formed by a barrier spit that partially encloses the mouth of the Karluk River, on the Shelikof Strait coast of Kodiak Island, about 77 miles (124 km) west-southwest of Kodiak and 44 miles...
