by CoastView | May 2, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Rivers, Shipwrecks
Siuslaw River starts at an elevation of 636 feet (194 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally west-northwest for 110 miles (177 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Florence, draining a watershed of 494,720 acres (200,206 ha), about 53 miles (85 km) west of Eugene and 43...
by CoastView | Apr 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Fox River starts at the terminus of the Chernof Glacier in the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of 1,100 feet (335 m) and flows northwest for 11 miles (18 km) and then southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to the Fox River Flats at the head of Kachemak Bay, about 52 miles (84...
by CoastView | Apr 9, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
North Pacific Cannery was built in 1889 on 183 acres (74 ha) of Crown land on the north shore of Inverness Passage across from Smith Island and near the mouth of the Skeena River, about 70 miles (113 km) southwest of Terrace and 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Apr 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Aguchik River starts at the terminus of Aguchik Glacier at an elevation of about 1,060 feet (323 m) and flows generally southeast for 8 miles (13 km) to the head of Kukak Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 138 miles (222 km) southwest of Homer and 80...
by CoastView | Mar 31, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
A delta of 33,000 acres (13,355 ha) is formed by the Eel River, which starts at an elevation of 6,245 feet (1,903 m) on the southern flank of Bald Mountain in Mendocino National Forest and flows generally northwest for 196 miles (315 km) draining a watershed of...
by CoastView | Feb 28, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Parks, Rivers
Grewingk Creek drains a glaciated watershed of 29,138 acres (11,792 ha) and flows generally northwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the terminus lake of the retreating Grewingk Glacier to the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 24 miles (39 km) northeast of...
