by CoastView | Aug 9, 2021 | 2021, 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 | Jul 30, 2021 | 2021, 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), on the west bank of the Susitna River, about 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Beaches, Historical, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Tukrok River flows for 7 miles (11 km) from Krusenstern Lagoon to Kotzebue Sound in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 166 miles (268 km) northeast of Wales and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The Iñupiat name means “inlet entrance”...
by CoastView | Feb 20, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Islands, Shelter Cabins
Kookoolik is a historical community, also known as Kukulik, located on Cape Kookoolik on the northern coast of Saint Lawrence Island, about 160 miles (258 km) southwest of Nome and 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Savoonga, Alaska. Kookoolik was one of a number of Saint...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Embayments, Parks, Shelter Cabins
Jack Bay is an estuary that extends southeast for 6 miles (10 km) from Valdez Arm in Prince William Sound, about 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Whittier and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. In 1898, the bay was named “Jack’s Bay” by...
by CoastView | Dec 18, 2020 | 2020, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) to the Chukchi Sea south of Imik Lagoon, about 96 miles (155 km) southeast of Point Hope and 53 miles (85 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The name is a translation of the Iñupiat...
