Chinook may refer to:

Chinook peoples

The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon and Washington State. *

Chinookan peoples Chinookan peoples include several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest in the United States who speak the Chinookan languages. Since at least 11,500 BCE, Chinookan peoples and their ancestors have resided along the upper and ...

, several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest **

Chinook Indian Nation The Chinook Indian Nation is an unrecognized tribe in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington that was federally recognized from 2001 to 2002. It consists of the five westernmost Chinookan tribes: the Cathlamet, Clatsop, Lower Chinook, , an ...

, an organization representing the western tribes of Chinookan peoples *

Chinookan languages The Chinookan languages are a small family of extinct languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples. Although the last known native speaker of any Chinookan language died in 2012, the 2009-2013 American C ...

, small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples **

Chinook Jargon Chinook Jargon (' or ', also known simply as ''Chinook'' or ''Jargon'') is a language originating as a pidgin language, pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to othe ...

, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest **

Lower Chinook Lower Chinook is a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River on the west coast of North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North Am ...

, a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River **

Upper Chinook language Upper Chinook, endonym Kiksht, also known as Columbia Chinook, and Wasco-Wishram after its last surviving dialect, is a recently extinct language of the US Pacific Northwest. It had 69 speakers in 1990, of whom 7 were monolingual: five Wasco and ...

, a recently extinct language of the US Pacific Northwest

Places

* Chinook, a Martian crater at 22.7°N 55.5°W *

Chinook (provincial electoral district) Chinook was a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of ...

, a provincial electoral district in Alberta *

Chinook, Alberta Chinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3. It is located on Highway 9 approximately northeast of Brooks. Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains." Demograp ...

, a hamlet in Canada * Peregrino (previously Chinook), an oil field located offshore of Brazil, east of Rio de Janeiro

United States

Chinook, Montana Chinook is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2020 census. Points of interest are the Bear Paw Battlefield Museum located in the small town's center and the Bear Paw Battlefi ...

, a city in and the county seat of Blaine County

Washington state

Chinook Pass Chinook Pass (elevation 5430 ft./1656 m.) is a pass through the Cascade Range in the state of Washington. The pass is located on the crest of the Cascade Range, along a ridge between Yakima Peak to the northwest of the pass, and Naches Pe ...

, through the Cascade Range *

Chinook Peak Chinook Peak is a summit located on the eastern border of Mount Rainier National Park. It is also on the shared border of Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County and Yakima County, Washington, Yakima County in Washington (U.S. state), Washing ...

, a summit located on the eastern border of Mount Rainier National Park *

Chinook, Washington Chinook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 457 at the 2020 census. History Chinook was the site of the first court in Pacific County in 1853, as well as the county's first salmon ...

, a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County *

Washington State Route 410 State Route 410 (SR 410, partially named the Chinook Scenic Byway, and also named the Stephen Mather Memorial Parkway) is a long state highway that traverses Pierce, King, and Yakima counties in the US state of Washington. It begins ...

(also the Chinook Scenic Byway), a 107.44-mile long state highway

Animals

Chinook (dog) The Chinook is a breed of sled dog, developed in the state of New Hampshire during the early 20th century. The Chinook is New Hampshire's official state dog. Description Appearance Standing in height at the withers and weighing , the Chinook ...

, a breed of sled dog *

Chinook salmon The Chinook salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') is the largest and most valuable species of Oncorhynchus, Pacific salmon. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, quinn ...

, the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon

Plants

Chinook cherry Chinook is a cross between 'Bing' and 'Gil Peck' and was introduced in 1960 by Harold Fogle. 'Chinook' is similar to Bing but is sweeter and ripens 4 to 10 days sooner. 'Chinook' is a cross-pollinizer with 'Bing' and 'Van A van is a type of ...

, a cross between Bing and Gil Peck cultivars

Transport

Avro Canada Chinook The Avro Canada TR.4 Chinook was Canada's first turbojet engine, designed by Turbo Research and manufactured by A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. Named for the warm Chinook wind that blows in the Rocky Mountains, only three Chinooks were built and none we ...

, Canada's first turbojet engine *

Chinook station Chinook station is a CTrain light rail station in Manchester Industrial (not to be confused with Manchester), Calgary, Alberta. The station opened on May 25, 1981, as part of the original South line on the Red Line. The station is located on t ...

, a CTrain light rail station in Manchester, Calgary, Alberta

Aircraft

* Air-Sport Chinook, Polish single-place paraglider *

Birdman Chinook The Birdman Chinook is a family of single and two-place, pusher configuration, high-wing ultralight aircraft that was first flown on 12 December 1982 and produced by Birdman Enterprises of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, starting in 1983.Jone ...

, a family of single and two-place, pusher configuration, high-wing ultralight aircraft *

Boeing CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Piasecki Helicopter, Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a Military transport helicopter, heav ...

, a tandem-rotor helicopter *

Hermanspann Chinook The Hermanspann Chinook is an American mid-wing, two-seat, experimental research glider that was designed and constructed by Fred Hermanspann and Art Penz. Design and development The Chinook and its improved variant, the Chinook S, have bee ...

, an American mid-wing, two-seat, experimental research glider *

Meadowcroft Chinook The Meadowcroft Chinook is a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft design first flown in 1958. Development The Chinook was designed for maximum stability on the ground and the air with a roomy cockpit. Design The wing was patterned f ...

, a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft *

Wings of Change Chinhook Bi The Wings of Change Chinhook Bi () is an Austrian two-place paraglider that was designed by Markus Gründhammer and produced by Wings of Change of Fulpmes. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisu ...

, an Austrian two-place paraglider

Watercraft

* , the ninth ''Cyclone''-class patrol ship of the United States Navy * , a United States Navy patrol vessel * (previously ''Chinook''), a passenger-only fast ferry

Other

* Chinook, the first Canadian exclusive geographic Beanie Baby * ''The Chinook'', weekly newspaper in South Vancouver founded by George Matheson Murray *

Chinook (computer program) Chinook is a computer program that plays checkers (also known as draughts). It was developed between the years 1989 to 2007 at the University of Alberta, by a team led by Jonathan Schaeffer and consisting of Rob Lake, Paul Lu, Martin Bryant, and ...

, draughts player * ''Chinook'' (newspaper), a counterculture underground newspaper published weekly in Denver, Colorado *

Chinook Sciences Chinook Sciences is a US and UK based technology company that specializes in waste to energy and metal recovery. Patents Chinook Sciences holds many patents for its non-incineration " synthetic gas" technology, which is specifically designed ...

, a technology company that specializes in waste to energy and metal recovery *

Chinook wind Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks. The coastal Chinooks are persistent seasonal, wet, southwesterly winds blowing in from ...

, two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America *

Chinook Wines Chinook is a Washington winery located in the Yakima Valley AVA. Founded in 1983 by the wife and husband team of Kay Simon and Clay Mackey, Chinook was one of the pioneering wineries that established Prosser, Washington as a major wine-producing r ...

, a Washington winery located in the Yakima Valley AVA *

Billy Chinook Billy Chinook was a chief and member of the Wasco tribe. Chinook was a guide for John C. Frémont and Kit Carson, who explored Central Oregon from 1843 to 1844 and from 1845 to 1847. Chinook also served as First Sergeant, U.S. Army Wasco Scouts ...

(1890), chief and member of the Wasco tribe *

Lakeshore Chinooks The Lakeshore Chinooks are a baseball team based in Mequon, Wisconsin, United States and a member of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Chinooks play their home games at Kapco Park on the campus of Concordia Univer ...

, a baseball team based in Mequon, Wisconsin