Search results for "Pacific Northwest" - New World Encyclopedia
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- States after those of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. ... Mackinac Straits, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- Atlantic halibut (H. hippoglossus) and the Pacific halibut (H. stenolepis) ... and as far south as the Bay of Biscay. The Pacific halibut is found on the ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- River, its longest tributary, near the Pacific coast of Northern California ... significant links to the tribes of the Northwest Coast. However, they did ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- 1994). They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. ... *Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus *Greenland cod, Gadus ogac ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 22:21, 7 January 2024
- also the first navigator to cross the vast Pacific Ocean, nearly four times ... Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513, and Juan ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- #039;s Central Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The California Gold ... * Orr, Elizabeth L., and William N. Orr. Geology of the Pacific Northwest ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- Panama and captured Spanish ships on the Pacific coast of that isthmus; the ... John Cook (or Cooke). Cook entered the Pacific via Cape Horn and spent ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It stretches from the Canadian province of British ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- was used by settlers migrating to the Pacific Northwest of what is now the ... of his staff were former employees of the Northwest Company, known as Nor& ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... Hawaii, and the North American Pacific Northwest). On his first voyage ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- Northwestern United States and the Pacific Northwest region of North America ... The course of political history in the Pacific Northwest saw the spine ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- Roman Catholic and was raised in the Pacific northwest. His parents were divorced ... with Brautigan on bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Another lyrical interpretation ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- perhaps as mild as the modern-day Pacific Northwest. Warm temperate forests ... rainforests grew as far north as the Pacific Northwest and Europe. ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- :* Picea neoveitchii Veitch's Spruce. Northwest China (rare, ... :* Picea chihuahuana Chihuahua Spruce. Northwest Mexico (rare). ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The capital is Papeete ... A book of selected readings. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Pacific Northwest). A number of American classical composers, in particular Henry Cowell and Aaron Copland ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- and sits in a strategic position in the Pacific Ocean roughly midway between ... islets, and undersea seamounts trending northwest by southeast in the North ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- Arc in northern Oregon state, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of the ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Mount Rainier were inhabited by many Pacific Northwest Native American tribes ... It is a natural setting of the Pacific Northwest region. Things to be ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction of ... chiefly two facilities at the Atlantic and Pacific outlets), which was won ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- indigenous peoples located along the Pacific northwest coast of North America ... * Malin, Edward. Totem poles of the Pacific Northwest coast. Portland ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States produces more than enough tetrodotoxin to kill an adult human foolish ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 09:41, 11 March 2023
- is the seat of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, formed by Australia ... Located in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- salmon are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as in the ... of documents describing salmon of the Pacific Northwest ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- They are a people of North America's northwest coast, inhabiting the southern ... |left|250px|Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest lived on salmon ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- *The Northwest Coast Indians' potlatch ritual, where leaders ... The Kwakiutl, of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, are the main group ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 05:31, 11 December 2022
- Niue is a small island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. ... to the west coast, around the capital and in the northwest. ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 02:29, 16 November 2022
- features: the Bering Strait on the Pacific side and the Greenland Scotland ... passage, the Northern Sea Route or the Northwest Passage, to "Cathay ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- blackberries. In addition to the Pacific Northwest of the United States ... such as in Chile, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest region of North America ...19 KB (2,739 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- ===Traversing "the Northwest Passage"=== expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ...24 KB (3,885 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- east of the Pacific Ocean. The collapse of the 12000|ft|m ... area and deposited ash as far east as the northwest corner of what is now Yellowstone ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- who urged Stevenson to travel to the south Pacific, an idea which would return ... which went on a tour of the Pacific Northwest in that year. ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- in The Lone Prairie (1942), Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943), Saddles ... continuing to tour the Southwest and Pacific Northwest from Texas to Washington ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- Canadian dollars). This land became the Northwest Territories. In 1870, Parliament ... to act as a police force for the vast Northwest Territories. ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- and the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, have significant ... used by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The South American ...35 KB (5,411 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- United States and American Pacific Northwest. His first assignment for the Bureau of American Ethnology was the study of Haida Indians. The project ...9 KB (1,217 words) - 07:08, 3 August 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Washington is located in the uppermost corner of the Pacific ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- Southwestern United States) or raven (Pacific Northwest, coastal British Columbia ... In the Pacific Northwest tradition, Coyote is mostly mentioned as ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... Like the other Pacific island nations, a big concern is global warming ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- Ella E. Clark, Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, illustrated by Robert ... * Clark, Ella E. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. University ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- and the Alexander Archipelago off the northwest coast of North America ... that they carved into their famous Pacific Northwest canoes. Carved from ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- Museum, especially for school groups. The Northwest Coast portion exhibition ... patrons may "visit" several Pacific Islands. The Museum houses ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 19:38, 26 March 2024
- located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic ... ===East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Oil Pipeline=== Russian oil pipelines ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- which consisted of what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United States ... easily accessible deep water port on the Pacific Ocean, and so no adjustment ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of California ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Ailen) is a small inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia ... meters) above sea level, located in the northwest quadrant of the island ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, situated between ... The Sea of Okhotsk is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean. With ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- The Nez Perce (autonym: Niimíipu) are Native American people who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United ...36 KB (5,544 words) - 23:25, 14 November 2022
- are located along the coastline of the Northwest United States and Canada ... Native American fishing fleet in the Pacific Northwest, which boasts of the ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- accounts, the sasquatch of the Pacific Northwest United States is a ... searches of wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest area of the U.S and ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
