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Nisqually
Nisqually, Niskwalli, or Nisqualli may refer to: People * Nisqually people, a Coast Salish ethnic group * Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation, federally recognized tribe ** Nisqually Indian Reservation, the tribe's reservation in Thurston County ** Nisqually language, a Southern Puget Sound Salish Places * Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area in the Nisqually River estuary *Fort Nisqually, the first European trading post on Puget Sound * Lake Nisqually was a proglacial lake in Washington state. * Nisqually Mission, a Methodist station * Nisqually River, located between Thurston and Pierce counties Other * Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier * Lake Nisqually was a prehistoric lake in the lower basin of Puget Sound and the Nisqually River. * MV ''Nisqually'', a Steel Electric-class ferry previously part of the Washington State Ferries system *''Nisqually'', the former cargo ship SS ''Suremico'' which was converted into a scow an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually River
The Nisqually River is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southeast of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, and empties into the southern end of Puget Sound. Its outlet was designated in 1971 as the Nisqually Delta National Natural Landmark. The Nisqually River forms the Pierce– Lewis county line, as well as the boundary between Pierce and Thurston counties. Course The river rises in southern Mount Rainier National Park, fed by the Nisqually Glacier on the southern side of Mt. Rainier. It flows west through Ashford and Elbe along Route 706. It is then impounded for hydroelectricity by the Alder Dam, completed in 1944, and the LaGrande Dam, completed in 1912 and rebuilt in 1945. They hold back Alder Lake and the inaccessible two-mile long LaGrande Reservoir. Before the construction of the dams, a natural fish barrier prevented anadromous fish from ascending the Nisqually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually People
The Nisqually are a Lushootseed language, Lushootseed-speaking Native Americans of the United States, Native American tribe in western Washington (state), Washington state in the United States. They are a Southern Coast Salish peoples, Coast Salish people. They are Federally recognized tribe, federally recognized as the Nisqually Indian Tribe, formerly known as the Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. The tribe lives on a reservation in the Nisqually River valley near the river delta. The Nisqually Indian Reservation, at , comprises 20.602 km2 (7.955 sq mi) of land area on both sides of the river, in western Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County and eastern Thurston County, Washington, Thurston County. In the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census, it had a resident population of 588 persons, all in the Thurston County portion, on the southwest side of the Nisqually River. The tribe moved onto their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Nisqually
Fort Nisqually was an important fur trade, fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department. It was located in what is now DuPont, Washington. Today it is a Historical reenactment, living history museum located in Tacoma, Washington, USA, within the boundaries of Point Defiance Park. The Fort Nisqually Granary, moved along with the Factor's House from the original site of the second fort to this park, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Built in 1843, the granary is the oldest building in Washington state and one of the only surviving examples of a Hudson's Bay Company "post-and-plank" structure. The Factor's House and the granary are the only surviving Hudson's Bay Company buildings in the United States. Foundation The Hudson's Bay Company expanded to the west coast by forming the Columbia District to oversee its operations in what was known by American interests as the Oregon Country. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually Indian Tribe Of The Nisqually Reservation
The Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Nisqually people. They are a Coast Salish people of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Their tribe is located in the State of Washington. Some of the people of Nisqually descent are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation but neither tribe allows a Nisqually to be enrolled in both tribes at the same time. Reservation and lands under tribal ownership The Nisqually Reservation is large and located in Thurston County, Washington, east of Olympia. The reservation was established by the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854. The initial was enlarged to two years later. The tribal lands were broken into individual allotments on either side of the Nisqually River in 1884. During World War I, Pierce County, through the process of condemnation proceedings (eminent domain), took over for the Fort Lewis Military Reserve. When the war ended in 1918, the Nisqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually Glacier
The Nisqually Glacier is one of the larger glaciers on the southwestern face of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is one of the most easily viewed on the mountain, and is accessible from the Paradise visitor facilities in Mount Rainier National Park. Nisqually Glacier is the source of the Nisqually River. Perhaps the longest studied glacier on Mount Rainier, Nisqually's terminal point has been measured annually since 1918. In May 1970, the glacier was measured to be moving at an average of per day. Between 1896 and 2021, the glacier shrank from to . Development Nisqually Glacier has advanced and retreated three times during the end of the 20th Century. The recent retreat began in 1985. In the next six years, the glacier thinned by west of Glacier Vista.Glaciers on Mount Rainier; C.L. Driedger; Glaciers on Mount Rainier; U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C,; 1993 The glacier reached its greatest extent by 1850, when m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Nisqually
The MV ''Nisqually'' was a formerly operated by Washington State Ferries. Originally built as the MV ''Mendocino'' in San Francisco for Northwestern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railroad#Ferry service, Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound where she was renamed the MV ''Nisqually'', later being acquired by Washington State Ferries who took over operations in 1951.The MV ''Nisqually'' - evergreenfleet.com On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was Steel Electric-class ferry#Corrosion and 2007 withdrawal from service, withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The ''Nisqually'' was not in service at the time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually Indian Reservation
The Nisqually Reservation, also known as Nisqually Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 668 at the 2020 census. History Nisqually Indian Reservation was formed in 1854 after the signing of the Treaty of Medicine Creek. The portion northeast of the Nisqually River, totaling , was condemned in 1918 by Pierce County for use by the U.S. Army during the establishment of Fort Lewis. The Nisqually Tribe was compensated $75,840 by an Indian Board; an additional $65,000 was appropriated by the federal government in 1921 to landowners in recognition of the "unfair payment". Geography The Nisqually Reservation is located at (47.006162, -122.669733). According to the United States Census Bureau, the Nisqually Indian Community CDP (census-designated place, as the reservation is title for census purposes, has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km2), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually Language
Lushootseed ( ), historically known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are further separated into smaller sub-dialects. Lushootseed was historically spoken across southern and western Puget Sound roughly between modern-day Bellingham and Olympia by a number of Indigenous peoples. Lushooteed speakers were estimated to number 12,000 at the peak. Today, however, it is primarily a ceremonial language, spoken for heritage or symbolic purposes. There are about 472 known second-language speakers of Lushootseed. It is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger and classified as Reawakening by Ethnologue. Many Lushootseed-speaking tribes are attempting to revitalize the daily use of their language. Seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Nisqually
Lake Nisqually is used to identify the freshwater lake formed in the Puget Sound trough, west of Tacoma. It is sometime confused with Early Lake Russell which covered the same area during a previous northward retreat of the glacier. The glacier returned southward, then on its final retreat northward, the waters filing this basin are referred to as Lake Nisqually. Its discharge was across the Black Lake channel at above sea level.Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913 Two deltas formed along the eastern margin of the lake from the outflow of Lake Tacoma in the Puyallup River valley. Both the Steilacoom and Sequalichew deltas, at . A rise in level to reflects the closure of the Black Lake outlet while the two deltas were still growing. The advance of the glacier sufficient to close the Black Lake outlet would turn the Nisqually River, and the drainage of the Steilacoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ; ) is a complex estuary, estuarine system of interconnected Marine habitat, marine waterways and basins located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As a part of the Salish Sea, the sound (geography), sound has one major and two minor connections to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which in turn connects to the open Pacific Ocean. The major connection is Admiralty Inlet; the minor connections are Deception Pass and the Swinomish Channel. Puget Sound extends approximately from Deception Pass in the north to Olympia, Washington, Olympia in the south. Its average depth is and its maximum depth, off Jefferson Point between Indianola, Washington, Indianola and Kingston, Washington, Kingston, is . The depth of the main basin, between the southern tip of Whidbey Island and Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, is approximately . In 2009, the term Salish Sea was established by the United States Board on Geographic Names as the collective wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisqually Mission
The Nisqually Mission was a branch of the Methodist Mission, the only one established north of the Columbia River. The station was opened in 1840 and used until 1842, when John P. Richmond returned to the United States of America. The location of the mission is in modern DuPont, Washington. Operations In 1838 Jason Lee instructed Leslie Wilson to establish a house near Fort Nisqually. An arrival aboard the Lausanne, John P. Richmond, was appointed as the missionary of the area. The staff of the mission included Wilson and a teacher, Chloe Clark, who married while there. The diet of the families included oysters and clams which were given to them from the Nisqually people. Support for the station also came from John McLoughlin, who ordered donations of peas and flour along with the loaning of milk cows. Richmond attended the celebration of the Fourth of July at American Lake held by the visiting United States Exploring Expedition in 1841. In an oration heard by the commanding o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Suremico
''Suremico'' was a Design 1023 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) immediately after World War I. She was later named the ''Nisqually'' and converted into a barge and later a scow. She was bombed and sunk during the Battle of Wake Island. History She was laid down at yard number 139 at the Newark, New Jersey shipyard of the Submarine Boat Corporation (SBC), one of 132 Design 1023 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board (there were 154 ships of the class built in total). She was launched on 17 September 1920, completed in October 1920, and named the SS ''Suremico''. She was named after William H. Remick, former president of the New York Stock Exchange (her name being a portmanteau of her manufacturer and her namesake, SUbmarine Boat REMIck COrporation). On June 3, 1927, while en route from Vancouver to Seattle with a load of lumber, she was involved in a collision in heavy fog with the French cargo ship SS ''Arkansas'' near the entrance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
