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The Pacific Northwest (PNW; French: Nord-Ouest Pacifique), 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, 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 and Idaho. 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...)

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A BoltBus in Portland, Oregon, in 2014

BoltBus was an intercity bus common carrier and a division of Greyhound Lines that operated from March 2008 until July 2021 in the northeast and western United States and British Columbia, Canada.

At least one ticket on every bus was randomly sold for $1, excluding "handling charges". The $1 fare was the basis for its slogan "Bolt for a Buck". (Full article...)

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Gordon Campbell may refer to:

Gordon Campbell (cricketer) (1885–1961), Australian cricketer
Gordon Campbell (Royal Navy officer) (1886–1953), British admiral, recipient of the Victoria Cross and British politician
Gordon Peter Campbell (1898–1964), Canadian senator, lawyer and businessman
Gordon Campbell (rugby league) (1906–?), New Zealand rugby league player
Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy (1921–2005), British politician
Gordon Campbell (scholar) (born 1944), British Renaissance scholar
Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician) (born 1948), former Premier of British Columbia and former Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Gordon Campbell (businessman), former chief executive and chairman of Babcock International
Gordon Campbell, New Zealand journalist and editor of the website Scoop
Gordon A. Campbell, co-founder of Chips and Technologies
Gordon Campbell, trombonist with the BBC Big Band (Full article...)

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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]}

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The following are images from various Pacific Northwest-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Map of the Anahim Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 2The immense floods created channels that are presently dry, such as the Drumheller Channels (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 3Mount Hood is the tallest point in the U.S. state of Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
Image 4May 1915 Lassen Peak eruption column (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 5The North Cascades are heavily eroded by glaciers (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 6The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (from Cascade Range)
Image 7Oval-leaf blueberry on Mount Pilchuck (from Cascade Range)
Image 8State Route 302 after the Nisqually earthquake (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 9U.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 10The Cascades range (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 11West side view of Mount Shuksan in summer as seen from Artist Point in Washington (from Cascade Range)
Image 12The Columbia River basalts cover portions of three states (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 13A man in Portland, Oregon with Cascadian flag on International Workers' Day, 2012 (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 14Image of the Juan de Fuca Plate that produced the magnitude 8.7–9.2 Cascadia earthquake in 1700. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 15The Coast Mountains are heavily eroded by glaciers, including Mount Waddington (far background, center). (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 16The Columbia Gorge marks where the Columbia River splits the Cascade Range between the states of Washington and Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
Image 17Notable volcanoes in the US portion of the Cascades (from Cascade Range)
Image 18Map of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 19None 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, Oregon and British Columbia. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 20Mount St. Helens erupts on May 18, 1980 (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 21A map of the Snake River Plain, showing its smooth topography (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 22The Boundary Trail section of the PNT in Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 23The Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island was formed by erosion carving into basalt. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 24The Pacific Northwest from outer space. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 25Public 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 26The Coquihalla River in the Canadian Cascades (from Cascade Range)
Image 27Lava Butte, Oregon, erupted roughly 5000 years BCE (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 28The Pacific Northwest from space (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 29Pacific Northwest Trail at Blanchard Mountain in Washington (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 30Lassen Peak in the California Cascades. Southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range and part of Lassen Volcanic National Park (from Cascade Range)
Image 31Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail overview map (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 32Geology of the Cascade Range-related plate tectonics. (from Cascade Range)
Image 33Map 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 34Lumen Field, home of Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 35Magnetic 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 36HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 37Mount Edziza, a large shield volcano in northwestern British Columbia (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 38Mountain goat on Wallaby Peak in the North Cascades (from Cascade Range)

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... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name?
... that the Eocene Okanagan Highlands span approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) through British Columbia and Washington?
... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist?
... that in 1943, it took the Oregon State Senate 45 ballots to elect William H. Steiwer as president of the senate over fellow Republican Dorothy McCullough Lee?
... that for 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage?
... that the bishop of Oregon's residence in Portland once had a private chapel, a ballroom, and a wine cellar?