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Quinault (/ k w ɪ ˈ n ɒ l t / or / k w ɪ ˈ n ɔː l t /) is an unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. [3] Quinault is located on the Olympic Peninsula . Lake Quinault is the location of Lake Quinault Lodge , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The company is based in San Francisco, California and was founded in 1995 as an offshoot of the University of Michigan internet weather database. The name is a reference to the 1960s radical left-wing militant organization the Weather Underground, which also originated at the University of Michigan.
Canadian anthropologist Wilson Duff quotes Simon Fraser, who (upon observation of the Coast Salish homes on the banks of the now-named Fraser River) wrote in his 1800 journal; "as an excellent house 46 × 32 and constructed like American frame houses; the planks are three to 4 inches thick, each plank overlapping the adjoining one a couple of inches; the post, which is very strong and crudely ...
Lake Quinault lies about 15 miles to the west. Elevations in the wilderness vary from 300 to 4,509 feet above sea level. Elevations in the wilderness vary from 300 to 4,509 feet above sea level. The highest elevation is an unnamed peak; the second-highest elevation is Colonel Bob Mountain at 4,492 feet.
The community is in the southwestern part of the Quinault Indian Nation in western Grays Harbor County, about 2 miles (3 km) east of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the south by the community of Moclips. The Moclips Highway runs past the village, leading southwest to Moclips and northeast 19 miles (31 km) to U.S. Route 101 near Neilton.
Taholah is a unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. Named for a Quinault chief in 1905, [4] its population was 840 at the 2010 census. [5] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Taholah as a census-designated place (CDP).
The Quinault Rain Forest is a temperate rain forest, which is part of the Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington in Grays Harbor and Jefferson Counties. The rain forest is located in the valley formed by the Quinault River and Lake Quinault .