Definitions of the "Pacific Northwest" region vary, and even Pacific Northwesterners do not agree on the exact … See more

The Pacific Northwest has been occupied by a diverse array of indigenous peoples for millennia. The Pacific Coast is seen by some scholars as a major coastal migration route in the settlement of the Americas by late Pleisto… See more

The Northwest is still highly geologically active, with both active volcanoes and geologic faults.
The last known great earthquake in the northwest was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. … See more

The Pacific Northwest is a diverse geographic region, dominated by several mountain ranges, including the Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Mountains, … See more

The overwhelming majority of the population of the Pacific Northwest is concentrated in the Portland–Seattle–Vancouver corridor. As of 2016, the combined populations of the Lower Main… See more

A major divide in political opinion separates the region's greatly more populated urban core and rural areas west of the mountains from its less populated rural areas to their east and (in British Columbia and Alaska) north. The … See more