by CoastView | May 16, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Oregon, Rivers
Rogue River begins at Boundary Springs at an elevation of 5,320 feet (1,622 m) near the northern edge of Mount Mazama in Crater Lake National Park and drains a watershed of 3.3 million acres (1.3 million ha) while flowing generally west for 215 miles (346 km) through...
by CoastView | May 15, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
Falls Creek is on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally south for 3.2 miles (5 km) to the northwestern shore of Kachemak Bay, in the Cottonwood Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park, about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Homer and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of...
by CoastView | May 14, 2022 | 2022, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kemano River flows from the Kitimat Ranges to Kemano Bay on the northern shore of Gardner Canal, where a historically important eulachon run and a village were located prior to the construction of a supply terminal and access road for the Kemano generating station,...
by CoastView | May 13, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Hatcheries, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Waterfalls
The Hidden Falls Fish Hatchery is located in Tongass National Forest on the northeast coast of Baranof Island, at the head of Kasnyku Bay off Chatham Strait, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Angoon and 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Sitka, Alaska. Hidden Falls...
by CoastView | May 12, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Natural History
Lava Point is a headland on the northwest coast of Akutan Island consisting of about 988 acres (400 ha) of jagged basalt extruded during eruptions of Akutan Volcano, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 12 miles (19 km) west-northwest of Akutan...