Chopaka Mountain, also known as Mount Chopaka, is a summit in the leeward flank of the North Cascades. Its summit area is a Washington Natural Areas Program, Natural Area Preserve comprising , and features a mountain goat population and various rare plants. The last surviving native herd of Bighorn Sheep, bighorn sheep in Washington was located on Chopaka Mountain until hunted out in the 1920s.

Name origin

According to the British Columbia Geographical Names Information System, in their record on nearby Chopaka, British Columbia, Chopaka was either an Okanagan people, Okanagan hunter turned to stone by "coyote", or a maiden transformed into stone.12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing A. Walsh and Parham, cited in Another meaning is given by regional climbing guide author Fred Beckey who states that ''Chopaka'' is an Indian word meaning "high mountain".

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* Mountains of Washington (state) North Cascades of Washington (state) Mountains of Okanogan County, Washington Washington Natural Areas Program Protected areas of Okanogan County, Washington {{OkanoganCountyWA-geo-stub

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