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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...)

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Muzak is an American brand of background music played in retail stores and other public establishments. The name Muzak has been in use since 1934 and has been owned by various companies. The word Muzak has been a registered trademark of Muzak LLC since December 21, 1954.

In 1981, Westinghouse bought the company and ran it until selling it to the Fields Company of Chicago, publishers of the Chicago Sun-Times, on September 8, 1986. Muzak was based in various Seattle, Washington, locations from 1986 to 1999, after which it moved its headquarters to outside Charlotte in 2000. Formerly owned by Muzak Holdings, the brand was purchased in 2011 by Mood Media in a deal worth US$345 million. (Full article...)

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The only known photograph of Seattle (c. 1864)

Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a 19th-century leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. A widely publicized speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native Americans' land rights had been attributed to him. (Full article...)

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Largest cities of the Pacific Northwest

City	State/Province	Population	Metropolitan Area	Urban Area
Seattle	Washington	704,000	3,905,026	3,059,393
Portland	Oregon	658,347	2,753,168	1,849,898
Vancouver	British Columbia	631,486	2,737,698	2,264,823
Surrey	British Columbia	598,530
Burnaby	British Columbia	257,926
Boise	Idaho	226,570	691,423	349,684
Spokane	Washington	222,081	573,493	486,225
Richmond	British Columbia	216,046
Tacoma	Washington	198,397
Vancouver	Washington	175,673

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

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... that it has been a goal of Oregon state senator Bill Hansell to get the potato officially designated as the state vegetable?
... that John C. Carson built the first sidewalk in Portland, Oregon?
... that LaVonne Griffin-Valade, the Oregon Secretary of State, has published four crime fiction novels?
... that in the 1951 court case Kuzych v White, on appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal, five law lords of the British Judicial Committee ruled in favour of a Communist-led trade union?
... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name?
... that Linn County clerk Del Riley established Oregon's vote-by-mail system, now used as the only voting method in the state?

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