by CoastView | Aug 21, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Strawberry Hill is part of Neptune State Park, situated between Nancy Creek and Bob Creek, about 19 miles (31 km) north of Florence and 5 miles (8 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The Strawberry Hill Rocky Shore Area is a series of basalt outcrops along the base of Cape...
by CoastView | Aug 20, 2021 | 2021, British Columbia, Climate Change, Developments, Freshwater, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Fairfax Point is a point of land at the southern tip of Moresby Island, one of the Southern Gulf Islands, about 41 miles (66 km) south-southwest of Vancouver and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. The island and the point are named after Rear...
by CoastView | Aug 19, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Canneries, Chemical Pollution, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Parks
Greens Creek Mine is the 5th largest silver producer in the world, located on the eastern shore of Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island, about 77 miles (124 km) north-northeast of Sitka and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Juneau, Alaska. Admiralty Island is 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use
Sitka is a community situated on Sitka Sound on the west coast of Baranof Island, about 185 miles (298 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Juneau, Alaska. In 1775, when competing European interests were searching the Pacific Northwest for...
by CoastView | Aug 17, 2021 | 2021, Beaches, Best of 2021, California, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Soquel Creek runs through Capitola, a community adjacent to Santa Cruz on the north coast of Monterey Bay, about 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco and 26 miles (42 km) north of Monterey, California. Soquel Creek has a drainage area of about 25,600 acres (10,360...