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Scattered patches of subalpine fir grow below glaciers and permanent snowfields on the south slope of Mount Rainier in the Cascades ecoregion The Cascadia bioregion
The Pacific Northwest PNW ), sometimes referred to as Cascadia , is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon , Washington , northern Idaho , and the Canadian province of British Columbia . Some broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon , south into northern California , and east into western Montana . Other conceptions may be limited to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains.
The Northwest Coast is the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest, and the Northwest Plateau (also commonly known as "the Interior " in British Columbia), is the inland region. The term "Pacific Northwest" should not be confused with the Northwest Territory (also known as the Great Northwest, a historical term in the United States) or the Northwest Territories of Canada . The region is sometimes referred to as Cascadia, which, depending on the borders, may or may not be the same thing as the Pacific Northwest.
The region's largest metropolitan areas are Greater Seattle , Washington, with 4 million people; Metro Vancouver , British Columbia, with 2.84 million people; and Greater Portland , Oregon, with 2.5 million people.
The culture of the Pacific Northwest is influenced by the Canada–United States border , which the United States and the United Kingdom established at a time when the region's inhabitants were composed mostly of indigenous peoples . Two sections of the border—one along the 49th parallel south of British Columbia and one between the Alaska Panhandle and northern British Columbia—have left a great impact on the region. According to Canadian historian Ken Coates , the border has not merely influenced the Pacific Northwest—rather, "the region's history and character have been determined by the boundary". (Full article...
The University of British Columbia UBC ) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Okanagan in British Columbia , Canada. Established in 1908, it is the oldest university in British Columbia . With an annual research budget of $773 million, UBC funds over 10,000 projects a year.
The Vancouver campus is situated adjacent to the
University Endowment Lands located about 10 km (6 mi) west of
downtown Vancouver . UBC is home to
TRIUMF , Canada's national laboratory for
particle and
nuclear physics , which houses the world's largest
cyclotron . In addition to the
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the
Max Planck Society collectively established the first
Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in
quantum materials . One of the largest
research libraries in Canada, the
UBC Library system has over 10
million volumes among its 21 branches. The
Okanagan campus , acquired in 2005, is located in Kelowna, British Columbia. (
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Gary Faye Locke state of Washington . Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S. During the Obama administration , Locke served as Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011, and as Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014, the first Chinese American to serve in the role.
First elected to the
Washington House of Representatives in 1982, Locke went on to become
King County executive in 1993 before being elected governor in the
1996 election . A former prosecutor by profession, Locke staked out a reputation as a
moderate Democrat during his tenure. Reelected in the
2000 gubernatorial election , Locke was chosen by national Democrats to give the party's response to president
George W. Bush 's 2003
State of the Union address. Locke declined to run for reelection in
2004 . (
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Largest cities of the Pacific Northwest
City
State/Province
Population
Metropolitan Area
Urban Area
Seattle Washington
704,000 [1] 3,905,026 [2] 3,059,393 [3]
Portland Oregon
658,347 [2] 2,753,168 [2] 1,849,898 [3]
Vancouver British Columbia
631,486 [4] 2,737,698 [5] 2,264,823 [6]
Surrey British Columbia
598,530 [4] [n 1] [n 1]
Burnaby British Columbia
257,926 [4] [n 1] [n 1]
Boise Idaho
226,570 [7] 691,423 [2] 349,684 [3]
Spokane Washington
222,081 [1] 573,493 [8] [9] 486,225 [3]
Richmond British Columbia
216,046 [4] [n 1] [n 1]
Tacoma Washington
198,397 [1] [n 2] [n 2]
Vancouver Washington
175,673 [1] [n 3] [n 3]
The following are images from various Pacific Northwest-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Public transportation is used in the Pacific Northwest region. Vancouver's
SkyTrain rapid transit system achieves daily ridership of over 500,000 passengers per day on weekdays and the overall transit ridership levels in the
Metro Vancouver area rank third in North America per capita. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 3 Geology of the Cascade Range-related plate tectonics. (from
Cascade Range )
Image 5 The Pacific Northwest from
outer space . (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 6 Lassen Peak in the California Cascades. Southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range and part of
Lassen Volcanic National Park (from
Cascade Range )
Image 7 Mount Edziza , a large
shield volcano in northwestern British Columbia (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 8 Magnetic anomalies around the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges, off the west coast of North America, color coded by age. (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 10 A map of the Snake River Plain, showing its smooth topography (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 11 The Pacific Northwest from space (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 12 The
Coquihalla River in the Canadian Cascades (from
Cascade Range )
Image 13 Lumen Field, home of Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 14 U.S. Navy Lieutenant
Charles Wilkes ' 1841 Map of the
Oregon Territory from "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition". Philadelphia: 1845 (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 15 Lava Butte ,
Oregon , erupted roughly 5000 years BCE (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 17 The Coast Mountains are heavily eroded by glaciers, including Mount Waddington (far background, center). (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 19 West side view of
Mount Shuksan in summer as seen from
Artist Point in
Washington (from
Cascade Range )
Image 20 The immense floods created channels that are presently dry, such as the Drumheller Channels (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 21 The
Columbia Gorge marks where the
Columbia River splits the Cascade Range between the states of Washington and Oregon. (from
Cascade Range )
Image 22 Map of "
megacity ", showing population density (shades of yellow/brown), highways (red), and major railways (black). Public land shown in shades of green. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 23 Mountain goat on
Wallaby Peak in the North Cascades (from
Cascade Range )
Image 24 The Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island was formed by erosion carving into basalt. (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 25 Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail overview map (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 27 The Cascades range (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 28 The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (from
Cascade Range )
Image 29 Mount Hood is the tallest point in the U.S. state of
Oregon . (from
Cascade Range )
Image 30 None of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest is universally accepted. This map shows three possibilities: (1) The shaded area shows the historical
Oregon Country . (2) The green line shows the
Cascadia bioregion . (3) The labeled states and provinces include Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia. (from
Pacific Northwest )
Image 32 The Columbia River basalts cover portions of three states (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 33 The Boundary Trail section of the PNT in Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 34 Pacific Northwest Trail at Blanchard Mountain in Washington (from
Pacific Northwest Trail )
Image 35 State Route 302 after the Nisqually earthquake (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
Image 37 The North Cascades are heavily eroded by glaciers (from
Geology of the Pacific Northwest )
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