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Tutka River, Kachemak Bay
Tutka River starts from an elevation of about 2800 feet (853 m) on the western flank of the Kenai Mountains and flows generally west to the head of Tutka Bay, a fjord on the southern coast of Kachemak Bay, about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Homer and 15 miles (24 km) east of Seldovia, Alaska.
Osland, Smith Island
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.
Ayakulik River, Kodiak Island
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 village of Ayakulik was located, about 89 miles (143 km) southwest of Kodiak and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Akhiok, Alaska.
Leque Island, South Pass Stillaguamish River
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.
Sadie River, Kachemak Bay
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 Homer and 13 miles (20 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.
Carlisle Cannery, Skeena River
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.
Ophir, Euchre Creek
Ophir is a small community on Euchre Creek in Curry County, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream from the Pacific Ocean, and 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of the community of Nesika Beach, Oregon.
Taholah, Quinault River
Taholah is a community located at the mouth of the Quinault River on lands of the Quinault Indian Nation, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Moclips and 41 miles (66 km) north of Hoquiam on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
Mattole River, Lost Coast
The Mattole River flows for about 62 miles (100 km) through the King Range to the Mattole Estuary and then into the Pacific Ocean at the Punta Gorda State Marine Reserve about 10 miles (16 km) south of Cape Mendocino and 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of the community of Petrolia, California.
Amherst Glacier, College Fjord
Amherst Glacier flows northwest for 4 miles (6.5 km) from the Chugach Mountains to a terminus lake, 5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Point Pakenham in Prince William Sound, and 52 miles (83 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska.
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