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The Pacific Northwest (PNW; French: Nord-Ouest Pacifique), also referred to as Cascadia, is a bi-national geographic and cultural region in Western North America defined 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, Idaho, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Some broader conceptions reach north into the Alaska Panhandle 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 (known simply 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's largest metropolitan areas are Greater Seattle, Washington, with 4 million people; Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, with 3.4 million people; Greater Portland, Oregon, with 2.5 million people; the Boise, Idaho metropolitan area with 845,877 people, and the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area with 793,285 people.

The culture of the Pacific Northwest is influenced by the Canada–United States border, which had been 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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The University of Washington (UW, and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, it is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast.

The university has a 700-acre (2.8 km²) main campus in the city's University District, with satellite campuses in nearby cities of Tacoma and Bothell. Overall, UW encompasses more than 500 buildings and over 20 million gross square footage of space, including one of the largest library systems in the world with more than 26 university libraries, art centers, museums, laboratories, lecture halls, and stadiums. (Full article...)

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Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Previously, Brown served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 and the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009, serving as majority leader from 2003 to 2009. She was elected Oregon Secretary of State in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. In 2015, she became governor of Oregon after John Kitzhaber resigned due to a corruption scandal. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his term in a 2016 special election, and was re-elected to a full term in 2018. (Full article...)

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Largest cities of the Pacific Northwest

City	State/Province	Population	Metropolitan Area	Urban Area
Seattle	Washington	784,000^[1]	3,905,026^[2]	3,059,393^[3]
Portland	Oregon	635,109^[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]}
Salem	Oregon	178,309^[1]	^{[n 3]}	^{[n 3]}

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

Image 1Lava Butte, Oregon, erupted roughly 5000 years BCE (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 2The North Cascades are heavily eroded by glaciers (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 3A map of the Snake River Plain, showing its smooth topography (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 4The Columbia Gorge marks where the Columbia River splits the Cascade Range between the states of Washington and Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
Image 5Notable volcanoes in the US portion of the Cascades. (from Cascade Range)
Image 6The Columbia River basalts cover portions of three states (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 7Oval-leaf blueberry on Mount Pilchuck. (from Cascade Range)
Image 8The Seawall around Stanley Park in Vancouver is the longest uninterrupted waterfront pathway in the world, and includes a popular bike route. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 9Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail overview map (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 10A man in Portland, Oregon with Cascadian flag on International Workers' Day, 2012 (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 11HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 12The Coast Mountains are heavily eroded by glaciers, including Mount Waddington (far background, center). (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 13Map of most of the Cascadia urban megaregion, showing population density (shades of yellow/brown), highways (red), and major railways (black). Public land shown in shades of green. This map omits the southern Willamette Valley, which is typically considered part of the megaregion. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 14The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. (from Cascade Range)
Image 15Mount St. Helens erupts on May 18, 1980 (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 16The Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island was formed by erosion carving into basalt. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 17The Pacific Northwest from outer space (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 18Mount Edziza, a large shield volcano in northwestern British Columbia (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 19Washington State Ferries' MV Wenatchee on Puget Sound. (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 20May 1915 Lassen Peak eruption column (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 21Geology of the Cascade Range-related plate tectonics. (from Cascade Range)
Image 22Map of the Anahim Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 23Magnetic 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 24West side view of Mount Shuksan in summer as seen from Artist Point in Washington. (from Cascade Range)
Image 25The Pacific Northwest from space (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 26Map of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt centers. (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 27The immense floods created channels that are presently dry, such as the Drumheller Channels (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 28None of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest are 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 29State Route 302 after the Nisqually earthquake (from Geology of the Pacific Northwest)
Image 30Vancouver'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 31Lassen Peak in the California Cascades. Southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range and part of Lassen Volcanic National Park. (from Cascade Range)
Image 32The Boundary Trail section of the PNT in Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten Wilderness (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 33Image 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 34Lumen Field, home of Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 35Mount Hood is the tallest point in the U.S. state of Oregon. (from Cascade Range)
Image 36Pacific Northwest Trail at Blanchard Mountain in Washington (from Pacific Northwest Trail)
Image 37The Cascades range (from Pacific Northwest)
Image 38Mountain goat on Wallaby Peak in the North Cascades. (from Cascade Range)
Image 39The Coquihalla River in the Canadian Cascades. (from Cascade Range)
Image 40U.S. Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes' 1841 Map of the Oregon Territory from "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition". Philadelphia: 1845 (from Pacific Northwest)

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... that former football player Christopher Judge won a contest to host the morning show on an Oregon TV station, helping launch his acting career?
... that the Oregon Garden obtained the Gordon House because of a misunderstanding?
... that Oregon state senator William Kuykendall was a physician who founded the first hospital in Eugene, Oregon?
... that Adamsochrysa fossils from British Columbia and Washington are most similar to an Australian green lacewing?
... that an Oregon TV station planned to be off the air for two to four weeks to complete a move—but did not fully return to air for nearly two years?
... that a president of the Oregon Senate crawled along a ledge of the State Capitol to access an unsecured window of the absent governor's office to place bills on his desk?