by CoastView | Oct 11, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Friday Harbor Laboratories is a marine biology field station of the University of Washington situated on the northern shore of Friday Harbor, an embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, about 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) west...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Anacortes ferry terminal is located at Ship Harbor, an embayment on the northwestern shore of Fidalgo Island and the southern shore of Guemes Channel, about 85 miles (137 km) north of Seattle and 3.7 miles (6 km) west of the community of Anacortes, Washington. In...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Leque Island is located at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River on South Pass channel that separates Camano Island from the mainland, about 43 miles (69 km) north of Seattle and 0.6 miles (1 km) southwest of Stanwood, Washington. The island is named after Nels P....
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
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tunnel-Island.mp3 The Raft River, a stream located entirely within the Quinault Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, flows into the Pacific Ocean at Tunnel Island, approximately 9...
by CoastView | Aug 8, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Waatch-River.mp3 Wa’atch River flows generally north for 5 miles (8 km) to the confluence of Educket Creek and then west-southwest for 4.5 miles (7 km) to Makah Bay, about 20 miles (32...
