
	Where results make sense

Topic: Okanogan Country

Related Topics

Okanogan County, Washington

Centralia, Washington

Bremerton, Washington

Washington

List of towns in Washington State

February 3

In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Okanogan County, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okanogan County (pronounced [oʊkəˈnɑgən]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.
		The county seat is at Okanogan, and its largest city is Omak.
		Okanogan County was formed out of Stevens County on February 2, 1888.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okanogan_Country (437 words)

	Okanogan County, Washington - PNWcommunity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Okanogan County is located in North Central Washington, bordered on the north by British Columbia, Canada, the Columbia River to the south, the Cascade Mountains to the west, and Ferry County to the east.
		The Colville Indian Reservation, located in the southeast corner of the county, occupies approximately 700.000 acres of Okanogan County and is an integral part of the heritage of the county.
		Okanogan, with a population of 2,415, is the second largest city in the county, and the county seat.
	pnw.wikia.com /wiki/Okanogan_Country (388 words)

	The Chronicle OnLine: Okanogan Country Geology
		In any case, the same phenomenon repeated; the offshore shelves and their strata were elevated by the collision of the two terranes, and what had been quietly resting in the water sometimes reappeared as mountains, deformed from the force of the encounter.
		It is said that the ice came earlier, flowed deeper and stayed longer in the Okanogan than the Methow because it had a straight shot down a pre-existing valley and did not have to climb mountains as it did in the Methow, to get where it was going.
		The Okanogan Valley is known for its glacial benches, deposits of the dying ice.
	www.omakchronicle.com /geology/geodex1.htm (2184 words)

	Okanogan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This name is spelled Okanagan in Canada and Okanogan in the USA (pron: the accent is on the penultimate syllable, with either spelling).
		Okanogan River, in British Columbia and Washington State; a tributary of the Columbia River
		Okanogan Country, general name for a region of northern Washington State.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okanogan (152 words)

	Cutchiej (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		JOHN M. CUTCHIE is one of the deserving pioneers whose labors have been bestowed in a wise manner in the Okanogan country for some twenty or more years with the happy result that he now possesses considerable property as evidence of his thrift and industry.
		It was in 1885 that he came to the Okanogan country, and since that time he has devoted himself to the improvement and development of the resources of the country.
		Cutchie was small, and in 1888 she came to the Okanogan country to visit an only brother, Joseph L. Being well pleased with the country she remained, and later was married.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~heeyjude/Okanogan/cutchiej.html (438 words)

	The Original Okanogan City
		The first, the original Okanogan, was not situated in the Okanogan country at all.
		There are some twenty-nine different ways of spelling this name (Okanogan) as used by different writers, and its present orthography was adopted after a careful study of the various ways used by others, and after much thought and an inability to decide among the different modes of spelling.
		Okanogan was adopted, principally for the reason that it saved a decision on the question by spelling it a still different way from any of the authorities at hand.
	www.ghosttownsusa.com /okc2.htm (2584 words)

	Okanogan Country, Open for Adventure
		The Tripod Fire is not affecting tourism and tourist activities in Okanogan Country.
		Larger than several states, Okanogan Country is bordered on the north by the Canadian Okanogan, on the south and east by the Columbia River Basin and Lake Roosevelt, and on the west by the 10,000 foot peaks of the majestic North Cascade Mountains.
		Throughout Okanogan Country, whitewater rafting, boating, fly fishing, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, wilderness packing, hunting and more are available from spring through fall.
	www.okanogancountry.com (397 words)

	Our Last-Chance Mulies
		The Okanogan's Wannacut, Sinlahekin and Pogue units are also open during the November late general archery season, as are Chelan County's celebrated Swakane and Manson units.
		They range from the Ponderosa pine of the Okanogan to the scabrock east of the Columbia River to the ridges and canyons of the Cascade Mountains foothills west of Yakima.
		The Okanogan deer herd is the most well-known migratory deer population, but mulies in the Klickitat Valley, Selkirks and Blue Mountains also exhibit definite uphill/downhill movements.
	www.wogameandfish.com /hunting/WO_1105_01/index2.html (752 words)

	Okanogan, Washington (WA) Detailed Profile - real estate info, jobs, weather, schools, crime, ...
		As of 2005, Okanogan's population is 2,399 people.
		Compared to the rest of the country, Okanogan's cost of living is 10.00 % lower than the U.S. average.
		The unemployment rate in Okanogan is 5.10 percent (U.S. avg.
	www.bestplaces.net /city/profile.aspx?city=Okanogan_WA (106 words)

	History & Culture of Okanogan Country
		Located in western Okanogan Country, the Schaeffer Museum in Winthrop features displays of the early settlers, miners, and ranchers in the Methow Valley.
		In the Northwestern corner of Okanogan Country is the Antique Truck and Car Museum near Malo and the Stonerose Interpretive Fossil Center in Republic.
		It features a sod roof and is typical of many of the ranch cabins that dotted the landscape in the early years of white settlement in the Okanogan.
	www.okanogancountry.com /histculture.html (331 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Fort Okanogan
		The first trader to reach the Okanogan country in Eastern Washington was David Thompson (1770-1875), head of the Columbia Department for the North West Company.
		Despite the lucrative trade at Fort Okanogan, the Pacific Fur Company faced numerous financial and personnel problems, all of which were exacerbated by the beginning of war between the United States and Britain in 1812.
		“Okanogan is falling off and as a mere place of trade will not soon pay the wages of a clerk and two men,” a Hudson’s Bay report noted (quoted in “Fort Okanogan,” Ghost Towns USA website).
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=7522 (1805 words)

	Boom Town Tales
		The Indians of the Okanogan country had acquired horses long before the coming of the whites to this region.
		Hence the term “Okanogan Trail” is a somewhat indefinite term as to exact location and likewise as to its length and points of beginning and ending, as we more fully mention further on.
		This was the course traveled by the heavy laden pack trains of the Hudson Bay Company that took the trading goods north in the late summer and fall of each year and brought the fur down from the northern posts in the spring.
	www.ghosttownsusa.com /bttales43.htm (445 words)

	Johnstona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Johnston came here with very limited means and has gained his present holdings, which place him as one of the prosperous men of the county, by taking advantage of the resources of the country and in a careful and thrifty manner attending closely to business.
		He came to Canada when young and in that country and in the United States worked at his trade until the time of his death, which occurred in Canada.
		Being pleased with the country, he bought a portion of his present ranch from his uncle on time.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~heeyjude/Okanogan/johnstona.html (432 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1854 - The Okanogan Country became a part of Walla Walla County, which was an original county of Washington Territory.
		1863 - The Okanogan Country was a part of Stevens County which was set off from Walla Walla County in 1863.
		The Great Northern Railway brought many of the people who came to the Okanogan Country from the East Coast of the US, Eastern Canada, the US Mid-West, and from foreign countries.
	www.rootsweb.com /~waokanog/timeline.htm (622 words)

	Okanogan Ok? (Seattle Weekly) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It's a trembling vole—a stripped-down mouse—that scrambles for the snowbank as we thunder by.
		Okanogan is a heartland of all that sets the Other Washington apart from Redmond and Seattle: high unemployment, a tottering resource-based economy, a longtime resentment of smarty-pants outsiders (especially Seattle tree huggers) telling them what to do, and an abiding suspicion of big government that sometimes verges on the paranoiac.
		Around Okanogan, opinions of the notorious appraisal are based on rumor, thirdhand accounts, and limited excerpts, because DNR won't release it to the public.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/9912/features-scigliano.html (2564 words)

	GORP - Okanogan National Forest - Washington
		Okanogan National Forest is one of the oldest national forests in the country, set aside in 1897.
		There is a variety of country from craggy peaks and rolling meadows to rich old - growth forest and classic groves of ponderosa pine.
		The forest has two distinct sides, east and west, referred to as the Okanogan (o-ka-na'-gun) and Methow (met'-how) Valleys.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_forest/wa_okano.htm (145 words)

	RVing Northern Washington
		Following Highway 20 east, one more summit, Loup Loup (4020) must be crossed before finding the "real" Okanogan valley country, with its substantial stretches of fruit orchards, salvaged from what must otherwise be desert by the hearty Okanogan River.
		From Okanogan, we traveled north on 20 as far as Riverside, and then took a diversionary trip east from Riverside on a narrow paved road.
		It was situated on the edge of a steep rocky gorge above a main tributary to the Okanogan River.
	www.rversonline.org /RV4d.html (2259 words)

	GORP - The Pacific Northwest Trail - The Okanogan, WA
		So different from the rest of the PNT, the Okanogan is the scent of sage, the scraggle of creosote bushes, and the lure of cool uplands.
		Bonaparte is the 7257-foot high point of a long, northeast-southwest ridge between the Kettle Range and the Okanogan River.
		These mountains are the gateway to the arid Okanogan country.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/activity/hiking/features/hik_pnt6.htm (373 words)

	Okanogan County Info
		The following information and links should answer most of your questions about our Okanogan County area and might even entice you to come for a “look-see.” According to County statistics, Okanogan County is the 3rd largest county in the United States at 5281 square miles.
		If you have fished the peaceful Okanogan River for salmon and steelhead or hooked trout and bass from our countless lakes, you already love the Okanogan.
		You will be amazed that country folk can be so technologically up-to-date.
	www.dirt-cheap-dirt.com /html/okanogan_county_info.html (422 words)

	Okanogan Washington Real Estate, Country Homes, Farms, Hunting Land, Mountain Property, Businesses
		Okanogan Washington, the seat of Okanogan County, is the largest county by area in North Central Washington, encompassing 3.4 million acres.
		From the mighty Columbia River in the southern portion of the county to the Canadian border on the north and the Cascade Mountain range to the west, we're ready to show you the country.
		United Country Pal's Realty, LLC, of Okanogan Washington, can save you time and money in locating real estate for sale throughout Okanogan Washington and the counties of Ferry, Douglas and Chelan in North Central Washington.
	www.palsrealty.com (331 words)

	Okanogan Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Reminders of a wild and isolated frontier still prevail in the high country of Northeastern Washington.
		This is a region rich in pioneer heritage, gold mining history, and Native American culture.
		Friendly towns, such as Omak, Okanogan, Tonasket, Republic, Colville, and Kettle Falls, play host to this year-round natural playground.
	www.travel-in-wa.com /GALLERY/Lake.html (68 words)

	Road Biking in Okanogan National Forest - Okanogan Region, Washington
		The Okanogan region lies in the dry reaches east of the Cascade Mountains in northern Washington, midway between Seattle and Spokane.
		Bordered on the south by the mighty Columbia River and well ensconced in Okanogan National Forest, the terrain and vegetation are rich and varied.
		From Lake Chelan, the Methow River, and the ridge in between to the North Cascades Scenic Highway, all in the west, to the Loup Loup Highway and distant Grand Coulee Dam in the east, there is plenty to do and see.
	away.com /tripideas/okanogan-national-forest-road-biking-301005.html (380 words)

	Okanogan National Forest official site, Pasayten Wilderness, Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness. Methow Valley Ranger ...
		Okanogan National Forest official site, Pasayten Wilderness, Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness.
		There is a variety of country from craggy peaks to rolling meadows, to rich old growth forest, and classic groves of ponderosa pine.
		We're called the Sunny Okanogan for good reason: summers here are hot and dry, and our winters are famous for brilliant clear skies and plenty of snow.
	www.fs.fed.us /r6/okanogan (422 words)

	Opportunities in Historic Okanogan Washington
		Whether you're looking for a suitable location for your business, the ideal environment in which to raise your family or the right place to spend your retirement years, the opportunities abound in Okanogan, Washington.
		Okanogan's K-12 school system maintains the high standards required to prepare students for any future they desire
		Okanogan's airport has facilities for small and light twin-engine aircraft
	www.okanoganwash.com /opportunities.htm (177 words)

	kitsapsun.com: Outdoors
		Crawfish is located in the Okanogan high country and shares a border with the Colville Indian Reservation and Colville National Forest.
		Because of the lake’s high elevation, June nights in the usually hot Okanogan are cooler.
		To add to the confusion, there are three Blue Lakes in Okanogan County —; but this is the one that holds Lahontan cutthroat trout.
	www.kitsapsun.com /bsun/sp_outdoors/article/0,2403,BSUN_19104_4736431,00.html (976 words)

	Flitzy Phoebie: Sinlahekin Wildlife Refuge
		We spent the weekend camping up in the Sinlahekin Wildlife Refuge, a spectacular protected environment in Okanogan country, in north-central Washington.
		When I say 'protected' I mean that it is obvious that great care has been taken to preserve the refuge for wild-life, birds, deer - and bear.
		And, from there the McNeil Canyon Road drops down off the high plateau country into the Oakanogan country, with Lake Chelan in the distance.
	flitzyphoebie.blogspot.com /2006/06/sinlahekin-wildlife-refuge.html (749 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)