by CoastView | Jun 27, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Mary D. Hume sank in 1984 on the south bank of the Rogue River during a restoration effort to convert the vessel to a museum ship for the Curry County Historical Society and now rests on the bottom in shallow water with a portion of the hull and superstructure exposed...
by CoastView | Jun 16, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Bixby Creek starts at the confluence of Mill Creek and Turner Creek that flow from an elevation of 2,500 feet (762 m) on the west flank of Skinner Ridge for a total run of about 7 miles (11 km) through the Santa Lucia Mountains to the Big Sur coast, between Hurricane...
by CoastView | Jun 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
China Poot Creek starts at an elevation of about 3,500 feet (1,067 m) on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains and flows for 5.6 miles (9 km) to China Poot Lake, also called Leisure Lake, at an elevation of 168 feet (51 m), and then for another 0.9 miles (1.5 km)...
by CoastView | Jun 2, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Russian Gulch is a river that starts at an elevation of about 800 feet (244 m) on the northwestern flank of Hi Chute Ridge in the California Coast Ranges and flows generally northwest for 5 miles (8 km) to the Pacific Ocean, draining a watershed of 2,456 acres (994...
by CoastView | May 27, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Newtok is a Central Yup’ik community located between the Ningaluk River to the south and a tidal slough to the north, 19 miles (31 km) upstream from the Bering Sea in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, about 125 miles (202 km) south of Emmonak and 96 miles (155 km) west...
by CoastView | May 22, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Cassiar is a historic salmon cannery situated on the northern shoreline of Inverness Passage at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 67 miles (18 km) southwest of Terrace and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The name is from the...
