• Thumbnail for Chinook, Washington
    Chinook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 457 at the 2020 census. Chinook was the site...
    8 KB (760 words) - 01:53, 1 October 2024
  • small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade...
    4 KB (507 words) - 17:55, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinook Pass
    Chinook Pass (elevation 5430 ft./1656 m.) is a pass through the Cascade Range in the state of Washington. The pass is located on the crest of the Cascade...
    6 KB (674 words) - 04:08, 28 October 2022
  • Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific...
    55 KB (5,785 words) - 20:13, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinookan peoples
    in southwest Washington. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered the Chinook Tribe on the lower Columbia. The term "Chinook" also has a wider...
    27 KB (2,879 words) - 17:31, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boeing CH-47 Chinook
    The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people...
    132 KB (12,492 words) - 06:06, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinook salmon
    The Chinook salmon /ʃɪˈnʊk/ (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. Its common name is derived from the...
    53 KB (6,065 words) - 05:53, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Washington State Route 410
    State Route 410 (SR 410, partially named the Chinook Scenic Byway, and also named the Stephen Mather Memorial Parkway) is a 107.44-mile (172.91 km) long...
    34 KB (2,891 words) - 20:06, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinook wind
    Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks...
    25 KB (2,993 words) - 07:37, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinookan languages
    small family of extinct languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples. Although the last known native speaker of any...
    15 KB (1,326 words) - 21:02, 1 September 2024
  • The Chinook River is a short stream located near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. The Chinook River originates just north...
    4 KB (186 words) - 21:43, 30 May 2024
  • List of cities on the Columbia River (category Washington (state) geography-related lists)
    Kalama, Washington Goble, Oregon Prescott, Oregon Rainier, Oregon Longview, Washington Cathlamet, Washington Astoria, Oregon Warrenton, Oregon Chinook, Washington...
    4 KB (196 words) - 17:22, 10 April 2022
  • educational services for Lacey and parts of unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, including the Nisqually Tribe Reservation. NTPS covers 74 square miles...
    9 KB (166 words) - 19:26, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fort Columbia State Park
    Fort Columbia State Park (category State parks of Washington (state))
    of the former Fort Columbia, located on Chinook Point at the mouth of the Columbia River in Chinook, Washington. The 618-acre (250 ha) state park features...
    5 KB (363 words) - 21:25, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown
    On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting...
    34 KB (3,576 words) - 21:09, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lake Washington
    salmon, coho salmon, Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, and black crappie. Lake Washington has two passenger...
    15 KB (1,418 words) - 16:02, 13 October 2024
  • Chinook Middle School can mean one of four schools in the US state of Washington: Chinook Middle School in Bellevue, Washington, part of the Bellevue...
    500 bytes (104 words) - 05:25, 27 February 2020
  • Thumbnail for Mazama, Washington
    Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon Biological Requirements Committee (March 2001). "Upper Columbia River Steelhead and Spring Chinook Salmon Population...
    20 KB (1,132 words) - 00:18, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Washington (state)
    avalanches in the area of Washington Pass. The Cayuse and Chinook passes east of Mount Rainier also close in winter. Washington is crossed by several freight...
    243 KB (18,559 words) - 01:15, 12 November 2024
  • Tillicum or Tilikum is a word in Chinook Jargon that means people, family, tribe, and relatives, and may refer to: Tilikum Crossing, a bridge in Portland...
    2 KB (227 words) - 21:37, 4 October 2023
  • DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON, OR, TRADE LANGUAGE OF OREGON. (PDF), Seattle: Cramoisy Press (New York) – via University of Washington "Chackchack Lake"...
    109 KB (145 words) - 21:07, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinook Point
    Chinook Point is a headland in Pacific County, Washington. Located just northwest of the mouth of the Columbia River, it is historically significant for...
    5 KB (582 words) - 04:10, 6 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Boeing Vertol BV-347
    built by Boeing Vertol from a converted CH-47A Chinook. It was used to test potential upgrades for the Chinook, several of which were later incorporated into...
    9 KB (795 words) - 05:12, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 410
    in 1926 and decommissioned in 1967 when US 12 was extended into Washington. The Chinook Pass section was completed in 1931 and dedicated on July 2, 1932;...
    16 KB (726 words) - 05:52, 30 December 2023
  • The Chinook Observer is a weekly newspaper serving the Long Beach Peninsula of Washington state. The newspaper is named after Chinook, Washington, where...
    5 KB (381 words) - 14:53, 4 August 2024
  • known as Chinook proper), extinct (†) since the 1930s. Shoalwater was spoken in southwestern Washington around southern Willapa Bay. Chinook Jargon is...
    2 KB (130 words) - 20:56, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinook Peak
    border of Pierce County and Yakima County in Washington state. Chinook Peak is situated north of Chinook Pass on the crest of the Cascade Range. Its nearest...
    5 KB (317 words) - 01:55, 29 June 2024
  • Eastern and Western Washington State, US. Bred and raced by retired Seattle policeman Ed Purvis under his Hi Yu Stables banner, Chinook Pass was out of the...
    8 KB (842 words) - 06:02, 30 November 2023
  • Washington 91974 LMS K206CL 89.1 FM Chinook, Washington 92352 LMS K228DU 93.5 FM Clarkston, Washington 143019 LMS K218DF 91.5 FM Cle Elum, Washington...
    36 KB (82 words) - 21:10, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wahkiakum County, Washington
    in April 1854 and is named for Chief Wahkiakum ("Tall Timber") of the Chinook, who is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Cathlamet. The county operates...
    20 KB (1,835 words) - 22:27, 9 November 2024