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Welcome to Go Northwest!
a vacation guide for the
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest - the vacation guide
Trying to plan your Northwest vacation? Have you had hours of
frustrating searching, looking for online Northwest vacation resources? Here we have
gathered free visitor information into one place.
To find activities and accommodations, or to jump to a city go to our main Search Page.
To explore the Northwest regions, click on a state or province name
below.
Pacific Northwest - the destination
The proximity of sophisticated urban centres to awesome natural landscapes
is what makes the Pacific Northwest of America a great vacation destination. A
destination which deserves its own vacation guide. Visit state-of-the-art museums,
enjoy a wonderfully preserved architectural heritage, and encounter thriving arts and
music scenes. Meanwhile the icy peaks rising at the end of city streets, will
continually remind the visitor of the outdoor recreational opportunities which abound in
the mountains, the high plains, the lakes, rivers and ocean. Mother nature
isn’t just close by, she is magnificent! In our Pacific Northwest vacation
guide you will discover natural wonders on a monumental scale. The string of volcanoes
including Mount St Helens, and Mount Rainier, the spectacular gorge and falls of the
Columbia River, and a unique rainforest, to name a few. From glaciers to desert
country, the interested traveler will find a lot more lies beyond these star attractions.
As a geographical region, we can
roughly define where the Pacific Northwest lies. The vacationer wishing to journey
to the extremities of the northwest American region, might begin at the the Pacific Ocean,
pass eastwards over the "Rockies" and continue east to the "Great
Plains". They would also need to travel as far north as somewhere before the
subarctic zone of British Columbia, and as far south as somewhere before the mild climate
zone of northern California. Our imaginary vacationer will see the Pacific Northwest
region of America includes portions of both Canada and the USA. This is where the Go
Northwest! vacation guide will take you.
As you will see in any travel guide on this
region, the Pacific Northwest is also known affectionately as the "Great
Northwest". It is a nickname which reveals something of people’s attitudes
to themselves, and to the land. It has
connotations of wild landscapes and new horizons.
"Northwest" is a name and an imaginative place
which, historically, traveled with the westward exploration and settlement of the United
States. For example, during the 1700s and early 1800s, what we know today as Chicago was
commonly thought of as the "northwest"! Nowadays that name has alighted
upon the region defined above. The Great Pacific Northwest continues to promise
opportunity and discovery for the resident and vacationer alike.
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Going
Places: Family Getaways in the Pacific Northwest
by Ann Bergman, Rosi Williamson
May 2000, Paperback, 4th
edition, 580 pages,
(non-fiction)
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Pacific
Northwest & Alaska on the Loose
University of California, Berkeley, and associated students
February
1995,
2nd edition, Paperback, ? pages, (non-fiction)
A guide for those wanting to
travel on the cheap in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
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