Key facts
- Composition
- British Columbia , Oregon , Washington , and Idaho sometimes : Alaska Panhandle , Northern California , Western Montana , Yukon
- Largest metropolitan areas
- Greater Seattle , Greater Vancouver , Greater Portland , Boise Metropolitan Area , Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Combined Statistical Area
- Dialect
- Pacific Northwest English
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Pacific Northwest from outer space
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.