by CoastView | Dec 17, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Fort Nisqually was a historical trading post established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833 on Sequalitchew Creek, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east of South Puget Sound at an elevation of 220 feet (67 m), about 14 miles (22.5 km) southwest of Tacoma and 2 miles (3.2 km)...
by CoastView | Nov 28, 2023 | 2023, Best of 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Restoration Point is a conspicuous ledge on the southern end of Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Bremerton and 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Seattle, Washington. The ledge is formed by an ancient wave-eroded platform that...
by CoastView | Nov 12, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Tongue Point is at the end of Semiahmoo Spit, a sand bar of 125 acres (51 ha) and about 1 mile (1.6 km) long that partially encloses Drayton Harbor, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Bellingham and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Blaine, Washington. The name of the spit is...
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
New Dungeness Light Station is located on Dungeness Spit in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. Dungeness Spit...
by CoastView | Oct 25, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Lyre River starts at the outlet of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park and flows generally northwest for 5 miles (8 km) to Low Point on the Strait of Juan de Fuca draining a watershed of 43,200 acres (17,482 ha), about 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Clallam Bay and...
by CoastView | Oct 19, 2023 | 2023, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Washington
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is a U.S Navy facility on 179 acres (72.4 ha) on the north shore of Sinclair Inlet at Bremerton, about 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Tacoma and 15 miles (24 km) west of Seattle, Washington. It is the Pacific Northwest’s largest naval...