Coast

States, stretching from coast to coast and border to border, but a very important part of our history is located off the coast of San Francisco. Alcatraz, a former fort, prison, Indian ground, and now a national park has been in America’s history from 1861, where it was a fort, to 2015, where it boasts as one of the nation's most notorious national parks. As any famous thing or person, this small island when from rags to riches. Alcatraz was a small island just off the coast of San…

Protozoan parasite, Mikrocytos mackini, or more commonly known as the Denman island disease is known to occur in Crassostrea gigas on the west coast of Canada, it is also probable that there is an abundance of the Denman island disease throughout the Strait of Georgia, and confined to other specific locations around Vancouver Island, it could also be found on areas that are adjacent to the State…

David Helvarg was a journalist and environmental activist that wrote, “The Storm This Time” sharing his personal analysis of the damages Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Traveling through the deserted city, all he could see were unrecognizable, unpassable debris filled streets. Helvarg could not believe his eyes as a disgusting odor lingered in the air. He knew at that moment the vibrant city of New Orleans was no more. While on foot, surveying the…

Currently fishing vessels in the H&G fleet are not required to have watertight compartments. Additionally commercial fishing vessels do not have to be inspected by the Coast Guard by law, and only have to prove that they meet lifesaving and fire equipment guidelines. If Congress and the Coast Guard had made legislature that required inspections and structural regulations such as having water tight doors many of the casualties in the commercial fishing could be prevented. If tighter…

there has been many dangers to the marshes. Rising sea level has became a major problem for today’s environment, particularly the pacific coast marshes and wetlands, according to Dr. Glen Macdonald’s research. He has done research on how the sea level rising is affecting the marshes. His research has been focused on the 14 salt water marshes along the pacific coast, ranging from Tijuana to the northern Washington. Dr. Macdonald has taken sediment cores and analyzed them to help understand the…

While reading about the Northwest Coast we learned a lot about how the Natives lived different life styles than other Natives. We got to dive into Benedict’s view of how she says the Kwakiutl Natives. We also got to dive into Goodman and Swan view on the Makah Natives. In class we talked about how some rituals had to be done underground because a lot of observes didn’t like their traditions. Later on they were allowed back in their society. We mostly learned about the similarity and difference…

Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom 1540 to 1544 (unestablished date) because there was no record of his birth. He was born to Edmund Drake Mary Mylaye Drake with 12 older brothers. He had cousins who were privateers robbing shipping lanes off the French coast. They left Tavistock during the Christian revolt during which he was charged with stealing a man's horse and his purse he was later pardoned for this. After growing older, he worked for a merchant who traded goods in coastal waters near…

Nuu-Chah-Nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth people are a group of First Nations. Firstly, they live on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and are divided into 14 Nations. The 14 Nations are then divided into 3 regions: Southern Region, Central Region, and Northern Region. The Ditidaht Nation, Huu-ay-aht Nation, Hupacasath Nation, Tse-shaht Nation, and Uchucklesaht Nation belong to the Southern Region. The Ahousaht Nation, Hesquiaht Nation, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, Toquaht Nation, and Yuu-cluth-aht Nation…

or imagined): Oakhaven Location of the country (or other area): The small, isolated island reides just to the west coast of North Europe (Europe is located a continent located west of the contiinent of Asia, and north of the continent of Africa. This area has a distinctively diverse topography, biodiversity, elecation leval, climate, natural resource and more. Climate: The coast of Oakhaven possess a subarctic climate, like that of western Alaska. Long, harsh, bitterly cold winters bring…

The Coast Salish Basket makers and Canoe Cavers Art played a major part in Northwest Coast Culture. The Coast Salish tribe is well known for its unique art culture. Salish coast art has a diverse range of creations in performing, expressing imaginative and technical skills. Salish art is appreciated for their beauty and spirituality. Their artwork defines their pride and each work of art tells its own story. The art is both functional and, at the same time is paired with cultural art of Salish…