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Okanogan County (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,104. [2] The county seat is Okanogan, [3] while the most populous city is Omak. Its area is the largest in the state. [4]
The Thirtymile Fire was first reported on July 9, 2001 in the Okanogan National Forest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Winthrop, Washington, United States. The wildfire had been caused by an unattended campfire that spread rapidly in the hot and dry weather in the Pacific Northwest.
Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
The Hansel fire burned near Ingalls Creek and U.S. Route 97 in Chelan County. [9] Little Bridge Creek fire – 4,896 acres (7.6 sq mi; 20 km 2). Located between the Twisp River and State Route 20 in Okanogan County. [15] Shoofly fire – 160 acres (0.25 sq mi; 0.65 km 2) in the upper drainage of the Little Wenatchee River in Chelan County. [9]
Tonasket was officially incorporated on December 16, 1927. It is named after Chief Tonasket of the Okanogan people, [4] a local leader from this area who assumed the status of grand chief of the American Okanogan after the drawing of the Canada–United States border by the Oregon Treaty of 1846, assuming a leadership role in Okanogan territory formerly held by Chief Nicola who lived north of ...
Omak (/ oʊ ˈ m æ k / o-MAK [3]) is a city located in the foothills of the Okanogan Highlands in north-central Washington, United States.With a population of 4,860 residents as of 2020, distributed over a land area of 3.43 square miles (8.9 km 2), Omak is the largest municipality of Okanogan County and the largest municipality in Central Washington north of Wenatchee.
The Okanagan Valley is home to the Syilx, commonly known as the Okanagan people, an Interior Salish people who live in the valley from the head of Okanagan Lake downstream to near the river's confluence with the Columbia River in present-day Washington, as well as in the neighbouring Similkameen Valley and the Upper Nicola to the north of that ...