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Skookumchuck River
The Skookumchuck River is a long river located in southwest Washington, United States. It is a tributary of the Chehalis River and thence to the Pacific Ocean. The Skookumchuck Dam was built in 1970, creating the Skookumchuck Reservoir. The dam provides water supply for the 1400-megawatt Centralia Steam Electric Plant and supplements flows for fish resources. The river begins with several tributaries in the Snoqualmie National Forest in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, and flows west past the town of Bucoda, Washington to its confluence with the Chehalis River near Centralia, Washington. The name ''Skookumchuck'' derives from Chinook Jargon: in this context, "rapids". The word ''skookum'' means "strong", and ''chuck'' means "water". See also *List of Washington rivers *List of Chinook Jargon placenames The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon Territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucoda, Washington
Bucoda () is a town in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 600 at the 2020 census. The community refers to itself as the "World's Tiniest Town with the Biggest Halloween Spirit". History The first American settler at what is now Bucoda was Aaron Webster (1828–1911) who arrived in 1854. In the 1860s Webster sold his claim and sawmill to Oliver Shead who officially named the settlement "Seatco", a native word meaning evil spirit or devil. The Northern Pacific Railroad located a station at Seatco in 1872. Later the town was renamed Bucoda using the first two letters of three principal investors in local industries- Buckley, Coulter, and David. In the 1880s investors began operations to mine coal in the area, but the coal was of poor quality and operations were sporadic. From 1874 to 1888 Bucoda was the site of Washington's first territorial prison. It garnered a reputation as a harsh institution as the inmates were used for dangerous and brutal manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinook Jargon Place Names
Chinook may refer to: Languages *Chinookan peoples, several groups of Indigenous people of the U.S. Pacific Northwest *Chinookan languages, a small family of languages spoken by Chinook peoples **Lower Chinook **Upper Chinook language ** Chinook Jargon, a nearly extinct American indigenous language * Billy Chinook (born c. 1827), a chief and member of the Wasco tribe Places *Chinook, Alberta, a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada **Chinook (provincial electoral district) *Chinook, Montana, a city in Blaine County, Montana, U.S. *Chinook, Washington, a census-designated place in Pacific County, Washington, U.S * Chinook (crater), on Mars *Chinook Pass, a pass through the Cascade Range in the Washington, U.S. * Chinook Peak, a summit in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, U.S. *Chinook Scenic Byway, part of State Route 410 in Washington, U.S. * Chinook oilfield, a former name of Peregrino oilfield, Brazil Science * Chinook cherry, a cherry cross-breed *Chinook (dog), a rare br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Washington (state)
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Washington. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream. Fraser River (British Columbia) *Sumas River **Saar Creek ** Chilliwack River *** Silesia Creek *** Depot Creek *** Little Chilliwack River Strait of Georgia, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay *Dakota Creek *California Creek * Lummi River *Nooksack River **Tenmile Creek **Anderson Creek **South Fork Nooksack River ***Skookum Creek **Middle Fork Nooksack River **North Fork Nooksack River ***Canyon Creek ***Glacier Creek ***Dead Horse Creek *** Wells Creek ***Ruth Creek * Whatcom Creek *Padden Creek *Samish River Puget Sound Whidbey Basin *Skagit River **Finney Creek **Grandy Creek ** Baker River ***Thunder Creek ***Rocky Creek ***Sulphur Creek *** Swift Creek *** Shannon Creek ***Blum Creek *** Sulphide Creek ***Crystal Creek ***Bald Eagle Creek **Jackman Creek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chinook Jargon Placenames
The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon Territory and the American states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Some outliers exist in California, Utah, Nevada, the Canadian Prairies and the Great Plains States, and as far east as Michigan, Ontario, Quebec and New Hampshire; those in the Prairies/Plains and Ontario/Quebec may be assumed to have been "carried" there in the era by fur traders. ''Note: multiples entries of the same name are sorted in alphabetical order by state or province.'' A B C D E H I K L * * M N 0 P S T W Y See also * Chinook Jargon * Chinook Jargon use by English Language speakers * Owyhee * Kanaka *Skookumchuck *Skookum Skookum is a Chinook Jargon word that has historical use in the Pacific Northwest. It has a range of meanings, commonly associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Washington Rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Washington. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream. Fraser River (British Columbia) *Sumas River **Saar Creek **Chilliwack River ***Silesia Creek *** Depot Creek *** Little Chilliwack River Strait of Georgia, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay *Dakota Creek *California Creek * Lummi River *Nooksack River **Tenmile Creek **Anderson Creek **South Fork Nooksack River ***Skookum Creek **Middle Fork Nooksack River **North Fork Nooksack River ***Canyon Creek ***Glacier Creek ***Dead Horse Creek *** Wells Creek ***Ruth Creek *Whatcom Creek *Padden Creek *Samish River Puget Sound Whidbey Basin *Skagit River **Finney Creek **Grandy Creek ** Baker River ***Thunder Creek ***Rocky Creek ***Sulphur Creek *** Swift Creek ***Shannon Creek ***Blum Creek *** Sulphide Creek ***Crystal Creek ***Bald Eagle Creek **Jackman Creek ** Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skookum
Skookum is a Chinook Jargon word that has historical use in the Pacific Northwest. It has a range of meanings, commonly associated with an English translation of "strong" or "monstrous". The word can mean "strong", "greatest", "powerful", "ultimate", or "brave". Something can be ''skookum'', meaning "strong" or "monstrously significant". When used in reference to another person, ''e.g.'', "he's skookum", it conveys connotations of reliability or a monstrous nature, as well as strength, size or hard-working. Derivative words ''Skookum house'' means 'jail' or 'prison' (cf. the English euphemism ''the big house'', but here meaning 'strong house'). ''Skookum tumtum'', lit. "strong heart", is generally translated as 'brave' or possibly 'good-hearted'. In the Chinook language, ''skookum'' is a verb auxiliary, used similarly to ''can'' or ''to be able''. Another compound, though fallen out of use in modern British Columbia English, is ''skookum lacasset'' or 'strongbox'. ''Skookumchuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skookumchuck
Skookumchuck () is a Chinook Jargon term that is in common use in British Columbia English and occurs in Pacific Northwest English. ''Skookum'' means "strong" or "powerful", and "chuck" means water, so ''skookumchuck'' means "rapids" or "whitewater" (literally, "strong water"), or fresh, healthy water. It can mean any rapids, but in coastal usage refers to the powerful tidal rapids at the mouths of most of the major coastal inlets. Places named ''Skookumchuck'' include: *Skookumchuck, British Columbia, a town in British Columbia named for the large rapids in this area on the Kootenay River. *Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia, a town in British Columbia *Skookumchuck Narrows, a narrow entrance passage into Sechelt Inlet, a fjord in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast *Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park, a park located at the narrows *Skookumchuck Rapids Provincial Park, a park near Mabel Lake, British Columbia *Skookumchuck River, a river in southwestern Washington * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centralia, Washington
Centralia () is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It is located along Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The city had a population of 18,183 at the 2020 census. Centralia is twinned with Chehalis, located to the south near the confluence of the Chehalis and Newaukum rivers. History In the 1850s and 1860s, Centralia's Borst Home, at the confluence of the Chehalis and Skookumchuck Rivers, was the site of a toll ferry, and the halfway stopping point for stagecoaches operating between Kalama, Washington and Tacoma. In 1850, J. G. Cochran and his wife Anna were led there via the Oregon Trail by their adopted son, George Washington, a free African-American. The family feared Washington would be forced into slavery if they stayed in Missouri after the passage of the Compromise of 1850. Cochran filed a donation land claim near the Borst Home in 1852 and was able to sell his claim to Washington for $6,000 because unlike the neighbori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cascade Mountains
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades. The small part of the range in British Columbia is referred to as the Canadian Cascades or, locally, as the Cascade Mountains. The latter term is also sometimes used by Washington residents to refer to the Washington section of the Cascades in addition to North Cascades, the more usual U.S. term, as in North Cascades National Park. The highest peak in the range is Mount Rainier in Washington at . part of the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire, the ring of volcanoes and associated mountains around the Pacific Ocean. All of the eruptions in the contiguous United States over the last 200 years have been from Cascade volcanoes. The two most recent were Lassen Peak from 1914 to 1921 and a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington (state)
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, by the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Washington is the 18th-largest state, with an area of , and the 13th-most populous state, with more than 7.7 million people. The majority of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
