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Lawyer Island, Malacca Passage

Lawyer Islands are located in Malacca Passage, part of the Canadian Inside Passage between Porcher Island to the south and the Tsimpsean Peninsula to the north and just off the mouth of the Skeena River, about 102 miles (165 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 13 miles (20 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Cannery Creek, Unakwik Inlet

Cannery Creek is the site of a salmon hatchery on the eastern shore of Unakwik Inlet in Prince William Sound and the Chugach National Forest, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Whittier and 41 miles (66 km) west-southwest of Valdez, Alaska.

Claxton, Telegraph Passage

Claxton is a historical salmon cannery and community at the mouth of Claxton Creek on the eastern shore of Telegraph Passage in the Skeena River estuary, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

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Ukivok, King Island

Ukivok, King Island

Ukivok is a historic Iñupiat village on Uġiuvak Island, also known as King Island, situated in the Bering Sea, approximately 86 miles (138 km) west-northwest of Nome and 45 miles (73 km) south of Wales, Alaska.

Joe Creek, Pacific Beach

Joe Creek, Pacific Beach

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 km) south of Moclips, Washington.

Moss Harbor, China Poot Bay

Moss Harbor, China Poot Bay

Moss Harbor is a low tide lagoon at the head of China Poot Bay on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Seldovia and 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.

SS Pezuta, Tlell River

SS Pezuta, Tlell River

The Tlell River flows generally north-northeast for 28 miles (45 km) to Hecate Strait, near the wreck of the steamship SS Pezuta, about 29 miles (47 km) south-southeast of Masset and 4.5 miles (7 km) north of Tlell, British Columbia.

Carry Inlet, Shuyak Island

Carry Inlet, Shuyak Island

Carry Inlet is an embayment about 0.5 miles (0.9 km) across that extends for 3 miles (5 km) into the northwest coast of Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, about 81 miles (130 km) south-southwest of Homer and 56 miles (90 km) north of Kodiak, Alaska.

Sheshalik Spit, Kotzebue Sound

Sheshalik Spit, Kotzebue Sound

Sheshalik is a spit about 6 miles (10 km) long consisting of accretionary beach ridges with some lagoons situated in Cape Krusenstern National Monument on Kotzebue Sound, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Noatak and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.

Sycamore Creek, Pfeiffer Beach

Sycamore Creek, Pfeiffer Beach

Sycamore Creek flows to Pfeiffer Beach on the Big Sur coast, about 26 miles (42 km) south of Monterey and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Lucia, California.

Cannery Creek, Unakwik Inlet

Cannery Creek, Unakwik Inlet

Cannery Creek is the site of a salmon hatchery on the eastern shore of Unakwik Inlet in Prince William Sound and the Chugach National Forest, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Whittier and 41 miles (66 km) west-southwest of Valdez, Alaska.

Beaver Creek, Ona Beach

Beaver Creek, Ona Beach

Beaver Creek flows generally west for 16 miles (26 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Ona Beach, approximately 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Newport and 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Waldport, Oregon.

Grewingk Glacier, Kachemak Bay

Grewingk Glacier, Kachemak Bay

Grewingk Glacier starts in the Kenai Mountains and flows generally northwest for 11 miles (18 km) to a proglacial lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long that is drained by Grewingk Creek that flows 3.5 miles (6 km) to the southern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Seldovia and 16 miles (25 km) east-southeast of Homer, Alaska.

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