by CoastView | Apr 21, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, April 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ark-Island.mp3 Ark Island lies at the mouth of the Aniakchak River on the north shore of Aniakchak Bay along the southeastern Alaska Peninsula, about 205 miles (330 km) southwest of Kodiak and...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Mines, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pitmegea.mp3 The Pitmegea River originates at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (396 m) in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range, and flows northwest for 37 miles (60 km) to the...
by CoastView | Jan 6, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kanatak-1.mp3 Kanatak is an uninhabited Alutiiq community of the Native Tribe of Kanatak located at the head of Portage Bay, on the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 136 miles (219...
by CoastView | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Shelter Cabins
York Island is situated at the entrance to Manzanita Cove in Wales Passage, which separates Wales Island from Pearse Island at the head of Dixon Entrance, about 63 miles (101 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 32 miles (51 km) north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia....
by CoastView | Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Canneries, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Taku Harbor is a historical community and the site of an abandoned cannery in a small embayment on the eastern shore of Stephens Passage near Taku Inlet, about 86 miles (138 km) northeast of Sitka and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. Taku Harbor is named...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Mount Susitna is a prominent mountain and landmark in northern Cook Inlet, with an elevation of 4,396 feet (1,340 m) rising from the Susitna FlatsĀ on the west bank of the Susitna River, about 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of...
