Ardenvoir () is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Chelan County,

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, United States. Ardenvoir is west-northwest of Entiat. Ardenvoir has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...

with ZIP code 98811.

Geography

Ardenvoir is located in the steep, thin valley of the

Entiat River The Entiat River is a tributary of the Columbia River, joining the Columbia near Entiat. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) lists two variant names for the Entiat River: ''En-ti-at-kwa River'' and ''Entiatqua River''. The river's name is ...

, which passes through the community. The Mad River enters the Entiat River from the west at Ardenvoir. The Entiat Valley runs in a north-northwest to south-southeast direction in this area. Peaks in the immediate vicinity of the community rise more than 2,000 feet above the valley floor. The community is 11.5 miles from the city of Entiat, where the Entiat River joins the Columbia River. Chelan County Highway 19 connects the community with the Entiat and the outside world.

Climate

This

climatic Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological ...

region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Ardenvoir has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Ardenvoir, Washington
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History

Ardenvoir began as a logging/mining camp and was built up during the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

era. Not many people live in the area now and mostly rural homes can be found. Coopers General Store is the only storefront in the area. (also where the post office is located)

References

Unincorporated communities in Chelan County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{ChelanCountyWA-geo-stub