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Scattered patches of
subalpine fir grow below glaciers and permanent snowfields on the south slope of
Mount Rainier in the
Cascades ecoregion
The
Cascadia bioregion
The
Pacific Northwest (PNW ), sometimes referred to as Cascadia , is a geographic region in western
North America bounded by its coastal waters of the
Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the
Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the
U.S. states of
Oregon ,
Washington , northern
Idaho , and the Canadian province of
British Columbia . Some broader conceptions reach north into
Alaska and
Yukon , south into
northern California , and east into western
Montana . Other conceptions may be limited to the coastal areas west of the
Cascade and
Coast mountains.
The Northwest Coast is the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest, and the Northwest Plateau (also commonly known as "
the Interior " in British Columbia), is the inland region. The term "Pacific Northwest" should not be confused with the
Northwest Territory (also known as the Great Northwest, a historical term in the United States) or the
Northwest Territories of
Canada . The region is sometimes referred to as Cascadia, which, depending on the borders, may or may not be the same thing as the Pacific Northwest.
The region's largest metropolitan areas are
Greater Seattle , Washington, with 4 million people;
Metro Vancouver , British Columbia, with 2.84 million people; and
Greater Portland , Oregon, with 2.5 million people.
The culture of the Pacific Northwest is influenced by the
Canada–United States border , which the United States and the
United Kingdom established at a time when the region's inhabitants were composed mostly of
indigenous peoples . Two sections of the border—one along the
49th parallel south of British Columbia and one between the
Alaska Panhandle and northern British Columbia—have left a great impact on the region. According to Canadian historian
Ken Coates , the border has not merely influenced the Pacific Northwest—rather, "the region's history and character have been determined by the boundary". (
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No Horn on His Head, a Nez Perce man painted in 1832 by
George Catlin
The
Nez Perce (;
autonym in
Nez Perce language : nimíipuu , meaning "we, the people") are an
Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern
Columbia River Plateau in the
Pacific Northwest . This region has been occupied for at least 11,500 years.
Members of the
Sahaptin language group , the Nimíipuu were the dominant people of the
Columbia Plateau for much of that time, especially after acquiring the horses that led them to breed the
Appaloosa horse in the 18th century. (
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List of selected articles
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Geology of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Trail
Pacific Northwest canoes
Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Corridor
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Pacific Northwest tree octopus
Seattle
Portland, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Columbia River
Bonneville Power Administration
The Gorge Amphitheatre
Nutrient cycling in the Columbia River Basin
Puget Sound
Vancouver
Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau
Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia
Washington (state)
Idaho
Oregon
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Salish Sea
Umpqua River
Surrey, British Columbia
Boise, Idaho
San Juan Islands
BoltBus
Clark County, Washington
Multnomah County, Oregon
2019 Pacific Northwest measles outbreak
Cascades (ecoregion)
Mount St. Helens
Pacific Northwest lumber strike
Pacific Northwest oyster industry
1975 Pacific Northwest hurricane
Metro Vancouver Regional District
Cascade Range
Portland metropolitan area
Coast Mountains
Mount Rainier
Fraser River
Squamish people
Crater Lake National Park
Mount Hood National Forest
Willamette National Forest
Willamette River
1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic
Soundgarden
Idaho Panhandle
Washington State Ferries
Clayoquot Sound
Mount Waddington
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
Arlington, Washington
Edmonds station (Washington)
Pearl Jam
Interstate 82
Seattle Center Monorail
Hillsboro, Oregon
Rogue River (Oregon)
Three Sisters (Oregon)
Newberry Volcano
MAX Orange Line
Tryon Creek
Camas pocket gopher
Columbia Slough
Hands Across Hawthorne
List of governors of Washington
List of bridges in Seattle
List of counties in Washington
Level Mountain
Tumbler Ridge
Olympic Mountains
Port Townsend, Washington
The Volcano (British Columbia)
Dawson Creek
2007–2008 Nazko earthquakes
List of Vancouver SkyTrain stations
List of municipalities in British Columbia
North Cascades National Park
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Boeing
Microsoft
Costco
Starbucks
Alaska Airlines
Nordstrom
Amazon (company)
T-Mobile US
Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Vancouver International Airport
Nike, Inc.
Reser's Fine Foods
Pendleton Round-Up
Cedar Mill, Oregon
Tacoma, Washington
Olympia, Washington
Sleater-Kinney
Grunge
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Willamette Falls
Willamette Valley
Columbia River Gorge
Spokane, Washington
Interstate 90 in Washington
Eastern Oregon
Palouse
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Oregon boundary dispute
Pacific Crest Trail
Olympic Sculpture Park
Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle Seahawks
1969 Seattle Pilots season
Seattle-Tacoma Box Company
Keep Portland Weird
Sub Pop
Muzak
History of Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh longshoremen, 1863–1963
Leaky condo crisis
University of British Columbia
University of Oregon
University of Washington
University of Idaho
Idaho State University
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Washington State University
Mount Hood
Willamette Shore Trolley
MAX Light Rail
Gladstone, Oregon
Wilsonville, Oregon
Upper Klamath Lake
Mount Thielsen
List of premiers of British Columbia
Interstate 405 (Oregon)
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
Pacific Northwest Wrestling
Pacific Northwest English
November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
COVID-19 pandemic in Washington (state)
COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon
COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho
COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
Whidbey Island
Mercer Island, Washington
Architecture of Seattle
Largest cities of the Pacific Northwest
City
State/Province
Population
Metropolitan Area
Urban Area
Seattle
Washington
704,000
[1]
3,905,026
[2]
3,059,393
[3]
Portland
Oregon
658,347
[2]
2,753,168
[2]
1,849,898
[3]
Vancouver
British Columbia
631,486
[4]
2,737,698
[5]
2,264,823
[6]
Surrey
British Columbia
598,530
[4]
[n 1]
[n 1]
Burnaby
British Columbia
257,926
[4]
[n 1]
[n 1]
Boise
Idaho
226,570
[7]
691,423
[2]
349,684
[3]
Spokane
Washington
222,081
[1]
573,493
[8]
[9]
486,225
[3]
Richmond
British Columbia
216,046
[4]
[n 1]
[n 1]
Tacoma
Washington
198,397
[1]
[n 2]
[n 2]
Vancouver
Washington
175,673
[1]
[n 3]
[n 3]
The following are images from various Pacific Northwest-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 None of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest is universally accepted. This map shows three possibilities: (1) The shaded area shows the historical
Oregon Country . (2) The green line shows the
Cascadia bioregion . (3) The labeled states and provinces include Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 2
The Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island was formed by erosion carving into basalt. (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 3
Lassen Peak in the California Cascades. Southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range and part of
Lassen Volcanic National Park (from
Cascade Range )
Image 4
Mountain goat on
Wallaby Peak in the North Cascades (from
Cascade Range )
Image 6 The North Cascades are heavily eroded by glaciers (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 7 The Cascades range (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 8
State Route 302 after the Nisqually earthquake (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 9 Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail overview map (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 10
Mount Hood is the tallest point in the U.S. state of
Oregon . (from
Cascade Range )
Image 11 U.S. Navy Lieutenant
Charles Wilkes ' 1841 Map of the
Oregon Territory from "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition". Philadelphia: 1845 (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 12 The Pacific Northwest from space (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 13
Lava Butte ,
Oregon , erupted roughly 5000 years BCE (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 14 The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (from
Cascade Range )
Image 15 The Columbia River basalts cover portions of three states (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 16 A map of the Snake River Plain, showing its smooth topography (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 18 Public transportation is used in the Pacific Northwest region. Vancouver's
SkyTrain rapid transit system achieves daily ridership of over 500,000 passengers per day on weekdays and the overall transit ridership levels in the
Metro Vancouver area rank third in North America per capita. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 19 Geology of the Cascade Range-related plate tectonics. (from
Cascade Range )
Image 20 Pacific Northwest Trail at Blanchard Mountain in Washington (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 21 The immense floods created channels that are presently dry, such as the Drumheller Channels (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 22 West side view of
Mount Shuksan in summer as seen from
Artist Point in
Washington (from
Cascade Range )
Image 23 The
Coquihalla River in the Canadian Cascades (from
Cascade Range )
Image 24 Lumen Field, home of Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 25
Mount Edziza , a large
shield volcano in northwestern British Columbia (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 28 Magnetic anomalies around the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges, off the west coast of North America, color coded by age. (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 29 The
Columbia Gorge marks where the
Columbia River splits the Cascade Range between the states of Washington and Oregon. (from
Cascade Range )
Image 32 The Coast Mountains are heavily eroded by glaciers, including Mount Waddington (far background, center). (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 34 The Boundary Trail section of the PNT in Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 36 Map of "
megacity ", showing population density (shades of yellow/brown), highways (red), and major railways (black). Public land shown in shades of green. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 37 The Pacific Northwest from
outer space . (from
Pacific Northwest )
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