Portal:Pacific Northwest

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. statesofOregon, 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 TerritoriesofCanada. 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". (Full article...)

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Washington State University (WSU) (or colloquially and informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research universityinPullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant universities in the American West. With an undergraduate enrollment of 24,278 and a total enrollment of 28,581, it is the second largest institution for higher education in Washington state behind the University of Washington. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

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Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitmenttopsychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles.

Largest cities of the Pacific Northwest

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  Image 1Map of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 2The Pacific Northwest from space (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 3The Columbia River basalts cover portions of three states (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 4Pacific Northwest Trail at Blanchard Mountain in Washington (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
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  Image 5The Coquihalla River in the Canadian Cascades (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 6Lava Butte, Oregon, erupted roughly 5000 years BCE (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 7The Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island was formed by erosion carving into basalt. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 8U.S. Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes' 1841 Map of the Oregon Territory from "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition". Philadelphia: 1845 (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 9None 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)
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  Image 10Notable volcanoes in the US portion of the Cascades (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 11Lumen Field, home of Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 12Lassen Peak in the California Cascades. Southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range and part of Lassen Volcanic National Park (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 13Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail overview map (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
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  Image 14Magnetic 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)
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  Image 15A map of the Snake River Plain, showing its smooth topography (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 16Oval-leaf blueberryonMount Pilchuck (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 17The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 18HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 19The North Cascades are heavily eroded by glaciers (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 20Mount Hood is the tallest point in the U.S. state of Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 21Map of the Anahim Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 22May 1915 Lassen Peak eruption column (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 23State Route 302 after the Nisqually earthquake (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 24A man in Portland, Oregon with Cascadian flagonInternational Workers' Day, 2012 (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 25The Coast Mountains are heavily eroded by glaciers, including Mount Waddington (far background, center). (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 26The Pacific Northwest from outer space. (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 27Mount Edziza, a large shield volcano in northwestern British Columbia (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 28Image of the Juan de Fuca Plate that produced the magnitude 8.7–9.2 Cascadia earthquake in 1700. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 29West side view of Mount Shuksan in summer as seen from Artist PointinWashington (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 30Geology of the Cascade Range-related plate tectonics. (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 31The immense floods created channels that are presently dry, such as the Drumheller Channels (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 32The Cascades range (from Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 33Map 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)
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  Image 34The Columbia Gorge marks where the Columbia River splits the Cascade Range between the states of Washington and Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
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  Image 35The Boundary Trail section of the PNT in Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
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  Image 36Public 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)
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  Image 37Mount St. Helens erupts on May 18, 1980 (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
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  Image 38Mountain goatonWallaby Peak in the North Cascades (from Cascade Range)

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