by CoastView | Oct 2, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Rivers
Osland was once an active fishing and boatbuilding community on the east coast of Smith Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 68 miles (109 km) southwest of Terrace and 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The community is at...
by CoastView | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Ayakulik River starts at an unnamed lake about 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Grant Lagoon on the southwest coast of Kodiak Island and it flows generally south for 30 miles (48 km) to the southern flank of Mount Myrtle on the Shelikof Strait coast where the historical...
by CoastView | Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Embayments, Glaciers
Southwestern Glacier is in Northwestern Fjord, a deep embayment in Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve, about 50 miles (81 km) northeast of Homer and 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Seward, Alaska. Southwestern Glacier was once a tributary to Northwestern Glacier...
by CoastView | Sep 30, 2022 | 2022, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Walton Lighthouse is situated on the west jetty at the entrance to the Santa Cruz harbor adjacent to Seabright State Beach, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Monterey and in the city of Santa Cruz, California. The lighthouse is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of...
by CoastView | Sep 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Sumdum is a historical mine and community located at the head of Sanford Cove, an embayment on the southern shore of Endicott Arm, about 64 miles (103 km) north-northwest of Petersburg and 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The mining camp had a post office...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Leque Island is located at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River on South Pass channel that separates Camano Island from the mainland, about 43 miles (69 km) north of Seattle and 0.6 miles (1 km) southwest of Stanwood, Washington. The island is named after Nels P....
by CoastView | Sep 27, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Sadie River starts on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains at an elevation of about 3,200 feet (975 m) and flows generally west-northwest for 6 miles (10 km) through Kachemak Bay State Park to the head of Sadie Cove, about 14.5 miles (23 km) south-southeast of...
by CoastView | Sep 26, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Carlisle is a historical remote salmon cannery on the east bank at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Carlisle was built in 1895, as one of the first canneries...
by CoastView | Sep 25, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses
Sitka Lighthouse is privately owned and located at the northwestern end of Galankin Island in Sitka Sound between the Beardslee Islands to the west and Ball Islets to the east, about 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Angoon and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Sitka,...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Elizabeth Island is about 3 miles (4.8 km) across, and along with Perl Island and East Chugach Island, it is one of the three Chugach Islands located on the north side of Kennedy Entrance about 96 miles (155 km) north-northeast of Kodiak and 36 miles (58 km)...
