Beaches in Alaska

[Nomad Willy]

For now this is all I've got for armchair geography re beaches in Alaska.

1. We're having a little picnic there on the little island. Called the unnamed Is Picnic Is after that. We went all the way out Karheen Passage w that little Evinrude 3hp twin. Nicest little OB I've had.

2. We wanted to buy the cabin in the middle of the pic. It was right across the narrows from the town of Petersburg. For years it was called Kuprunoff (SP?). No roads and no electricity. Mostly old rugged Alaskans or hippie types lived there. We liked Petersburg but ther'e very narrowly focused there. Fish, kids ..... or it dosn't exist.

3. I'm on the beach far up Duncan Canal a bit west of Petersburg. Very very few people go there as it's a dead end. The fishermen (all commercial) were there when we were but I don't recall any other boats at all. The only reason to go there is that it's there.

 

[GoldenDawn]

Alaska Beaches

Eric
I am really late to this thread but think you will appreciate this link. The Alaska ShoreZone project has over 4 million high resolution coastal images web-posted and they can all be downloaded for free. The site is at:

Alaska ShoreZone Coastal Mapping and Imagery

and if you go down the splash page look for the "Fly the Coastline . . . Flex Website" link to the map - zoom in to your area of interest and fly the shoreline.

I will try to post four that i downloaded - 3 from Thorne Bay and 1 from Kake. These are small versions - the originals are ~ 3MB. You should be able to find a low-tide aerial version of each of the beaches that you posted.

 

[GoldenDawn]

oops - missed the Thorne Bay floats - trying again.

 

[OFB]

Wow

Thanks Eric, and all. Love the picks.

 

[Steve]

Here's a group of Alaskans headed for the beach....

Just kidding, sorry about the hijack but just couldn't resist it.

Looks just like Pensacola's "sugar sands"