by CoastView | Apr 7, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Developments, Islands, Lighthouses, Natural History
Five Fingers is a group of islets and the site of a historic lighthouse situated at the southern entrance to Stephens Passage, about 67 miles (108 km) east-northeast of Sitka and 41 miles (66 km) northwest of Petersburg, Alaska. Stephens Passage was named in 1794 by...
by CoastView | Apr 6, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities
San Elijo Lagoon is 915 acres (370 ha) of tidal wetlands formed by Escondido Creek that drains a watershed of 54,000 acres (22,000 ha) and flows generally southwest for 26 miles (42 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Cardiff, or Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a beach community in...
by CoastView | Apr 5, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Embayments, Islands, Natural History, Sea Caves
Roller Bay is located on the west coast of Noyes Island near a prehistoric rock shelter on Cape Addington to the south, and Cape Ulitka to the north, about 122 miles (196 km) southeast of Sitka and 24 miles (39 km) west of Craig, Alaska. The bay was named in 1923 by...
by CoastView | Apr 4, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines
Coal Cove is the site of a historic Russian coal mine at Dangerous Cape on the north shore entrance to Port Graham near the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula, about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Seldovia and 3 miles (5 km) north-northeast of Nanwalek, Alaska. The...
by CoastView | Apr 3, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Lighthouses, Natural History
Sheringham Point is the site of a historic lighthouse located on the southern shore of Vancouver Island and on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, between Otter Point to the east and Point No Point to the west, about 26 miles (42 km) west-southwest of Victoria and 7 miles (11...
by CoastView | Apr 2, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Islands, Natural History
Lake Bay is the site of a salmon hatchery on the southern coast of Esther Island in northwestern Prince William Sound, and the deglaciated fjord extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest from Wells Passage, about 63 miles (101 km) west-southwest of Valdez and 20 miles (32...
by CoastView | Apr 1, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Gambier Bay is the site of an infamous shipwreck and a historical salmon cannery operated by Admiralty Trading Company near Stephens Passage on the east coast of Admiralty Island, about 61 miles ( km) northwest of Petersburg and 59 miles (km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Mar 31, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
A delta of 33,000 acres (13,355 ha) is formed by the Eel River, which starts at an elevation of 6,245 feet (1,903 m) on the southern flank of Bald Mountain in Mendocino National Forest and flows generally northwest for 196 miles (315 km) draining a watershed of...
by CoastView | Mar 30, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Canneries, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Waterfall is a historic cannery situated on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island on Ulloa Channel, adjacent to Port Refugio on Suemez Island, approximately 145 miles (234 km) southeast of Sitka and 60 miles (97 km) west of Ketchikan, Alaska. The cannery was named...
by CoastView | Mar 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Fort Stevens was constructed during the American Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore at the mouth of the Columbia River on Point Adams, about 15 miles (24 km) north of Seaside and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Astoria, Oregon. It was originally...
