by CoastView | Sep 7, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Taholah is a community located at the mouth of the Quinault River on lands of the Quinault Nation, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Moclips and 41 miles (66 km) north of Hoquiam on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The Quinault are a southwestern Coastal Salish people...
by CoastView | Aug 24, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
The Raft River is a stream located entirely within the Quinault Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula and flows into the Pacific Ocean at Tunnel Island, about 9 miles (15 km) north of Taholah, Washington. Tunnel Island is named for a sea cave that runs through...
by CoastView | Aug 8, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Wa’atch River starts at an elevation of about 1,480 feet (451 m) on the eastern flank of Makah Peaks and flows generally north for 5 miles (8 km) through the Makah Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula to the confluence of Educket Creek and then generally...
by CoastView | Aug 1, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Pacific Beach is a community situated at the mouth of Joe Creek, where the estuary is a strongly stratified lagoon with freshwater overlying saline water caused by a shallow sill that restricts circulation, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Hoquiam and 11 miles (18...
by CoastView | Jul 4, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Allyn is a community at the mouth of Sherwood Creek on the western shore of Case Inlet in the North Bay region of South Puget Sound, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Tacoma and 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Shelton, Washington. The community was first settled in...
by CoastView | Jun 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Copalis River drains a watershed on the southwestern flank of the Olympic Mountains and flows generally southwest for 22 miles (35 km) to the community of Copalis Beach, and then another 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Griffith-Priday State Park, about 21...
