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, a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River ** Upper Chinook language, 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, 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, through the Cascade Range * Chinook Peak, a summit located on the eastern border of Mount Rainier National Park * Chinook, Washington, a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County * Washington State Route 410 (also the Chinook Scenic Byway), a 107.44-mile long state highway

Animals

* Chinook (dog), 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, 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, a CTrain light rail station in Manchester, Calgary, Alberta

Aircraft

* Air-Sport Chinook, Polish single-place paraglider * Birdman Chinook, 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, an American mid-wing, two-seat, experimental research glider * Meadowcroft Chinook, a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft * Wings of Change Chinhook Bi, 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), draughts player * ''Chinook'' (newspaper), a counterculture underground newspaper published weekly in Denver, Colorado * Chinook Sciences, 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, 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, a baseball team based in Mequon, Wisconsin