by CoastView | Apr 25, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Siltcoos River begins at the outlet of Siltcoos Lake and meanders generally west for 3 miles (4.8 km) through the Oregon Coastal Dunes to the Pacific Ocean, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Florence and 13 miles (21 km) north of Reedsport, Oregon. A watershed of 43,520...
by CoastView | Apr 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Beluga Slough is formed by Bishops Beach and is the tidal estuary of a historical stream called Palmer Creek that drained a watershed on the southern flank of Diamond Ridge on the northern shore of Kachemak Bay in the community of Homer, about 121 miles (195 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 23, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Ganges Harbour is an embayment on the eastern coast of Salt Spring Island that extends 5 miles northwest from Captain Passage, about 35 miles (57 km) southwest of Vancouver, and 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Sidney, British Columbia. Ganges Harbour was...
by CoastView | Apr 22, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Land Use, Natural History
Unalakleet is an Iñupiaq-Yup’ik community built on an ancient beach ridge with an elevation of 7 feet (2 m) at the mouth of the Unalakleet River on the eastern coast of Norton Sound, about 145 miles (234 km) southeast of Nome, and 36 miles (58 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Chomly is the site of a historic cannery and settlement situated on the south shore of West Arm Cholmondeley Sound on Prince of Wales Island, 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska. The cannery name was...
by CoastView | Apr 20, 2023 | 2023, California, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Bonita is the site of a historic lighthouse situated on the Marin Headlands at the northern entrance to the Golden Gate, about 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of San Francisco, and 4 miles (7 km) southwest of Sausalito, California. The point was named Punta de...
by CoastView | Apr 19, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Communities, Embayments, Hatcheries, Land Use, Natural History
Port Armstrong is an embayment on the southeast coast of Baranof Island, which extends west-southwest for 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from Point Eliza on Chatham Strait, and the site of a historical whaling station and present-day salmon hatchery, about 59 miles (95 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 18, 2023 | 2023, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
North Head is a rocky promontory with a summit elevation of 300 feet (91 m) and the site of a historic lighthouse situated on Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia River between Baker Bay to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, about 14 miles (23 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 17, 2023 | Alaska, Embayments, Islands, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History
Flat Islands are situated about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) offshore and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Point Bede on the Kenai Peninsula along the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in southern Cook Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Anchor Point and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | Apr 16, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Kitimat is a designed community for employees of an aluminum smelter situated on the alluvial fan of the Kitimat River at the head of Douglas Channel, about 71 miles (115 km) east-southeast of Prince Rupert and 32 miles (52 km) south of Terrace, British Columbia. The...
