by CoastView | May 19, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
Kirschner Lake is on the western coast of lower Cook Inlet at an elevation of about 80 feet (24 m) and isolated by a waterfall that cascades 40 feet (12 m) to the northern shore of Kamishak Bay, about 110 miles (177 km) northeast of King Salmon and 86 miles (138 km)...
by CoastView | May 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
Falls Creek is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally south for 3.2 miles (5 km) to the northwestern shore of Kachemak Bay, in the Cottonwood Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Homer and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | May 13, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
The Hidden Falls Fish Hatchery is located in Tongass National Forest on the northeast coast of Baranof Island, at the head of Kasnyku Bay off Chatham Strait, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Angoon and 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Hidden Falls...
by CoastView | May 11, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
McWay Creek drains a watershed of about 1730 acres (700 ha) and flows generally southwest for 2.5 miles (4.0 km) through Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park from McWay Canyon to McWay Falls, which cascades 80 feet (24 m) over a sea cliff into a cove on the Big Sur coast,...
by CoastView | Mar 17, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Waterfalls
Triumph Bay is a deglaciated fjord that extends south from the Alan Reach of Gardner Canal into the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains and forms an estuary at the mouth of the Triumph River, about 89 miles (143 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 42 miles (68 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Natural History, Waterfalls
Whale Bay is on the northeastern coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Prince William Sound, and extends northeast for 4 miles (6.5 km) to the southern end of Knight Island Passage, about 88 miles (141 km) west-southwest of Cordova and 45 miles (73 km) east of Seward,...
