Chinook River information

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...

Expedition encountered the Chinook Tribe on the lower Columbia. The term "Chinook" also has a wider meaning in reference to the Chinook Jargon, which is based...

Columbia River by Chinook peoples Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest Lower Chinook, a Chinookan...

Zealand and Patagonia. Introduced Chinook salmon are thriving in Lake Michigan and Michigan's western rivers. A large Chinook is a prized and sought-after...

extinct languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples. Although the last known native speaker of any Chinookan language...

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...

Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks...

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...

Chehalis River near Centralia, Washington. Flood history in Chehalis, Washington List of Chinook Jargon placenames List of Washington rivers U.S. Geological...

confluence of the Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers near Culver and Madras. It was named for Billy Chinook, a Native American of the Wasco tribe who traveled...

Agency Plains. At Lake Billy Chinook the river is joined by the Crooked and Metolius rivers. Beyond the dam, the river continues north in a gorge well...

Lower Chinook is a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America. Clatsop (Tlatsop) was spoken in northwestern...

city of Ilwaco and the census-designated place (CDP) Chinook. The Wallacut River and Chinook River empty into the bay. The bay was named in 1792 by William...

Klamath River chinook. These findings have important implications for the protection of the federally endangered Coastal California Chinook Salmon ESU...

National Park, crossing the Cayuse and Chinook passes, and leaves the park southeast along the American River into Wenatchee National Forest. SR 410 leaves...

The Metolius River (pronounced muh TOLL ee us) is a tributary of the Deschutes River (through Lake Billy Chinook) in Central Oregon, United States, near...

upstream): Wallacut River (Washington) Chinook River (Washington) Alder Creek (Oregon) Tansy Creek (Oregon) Skipanon River (Oregon) Youngs River (Oregon) Lewis...

average and maximum discharge: The Yukon River is home to one of the longest salmon runs in the world. Each year Chinook, coho, and chum salmon return to their...

Upper Chinook, endonym Kiksht, also known as Columbia Chinook, and Wasco-Wishram after its last surviving dialect, is a recently extinct language of the...

Chinook Point is a headland in Pacific County, Washington. Located just northwest of the mouth of the Columbia River, it is historically significant for...

proposal[citation needed]. Five species of Pacific salmon (Chinook, coho, sockeye, chum, and pink) spawn in the river or its tributaries. Commercial, subsistence and...

Siuslaw River to the swing bridge at Cushman. The river has historically been a spawning ground for Chinook and coho salmon. Although the Chinook population...