The North Pacific Coast

Seattle, Washington is part of the North Pacific Coast, along with Vancouver, Canada and Portland, Oregon. "Seattle has been the ;argest city along the North Pacific Coast since its boom era of the late nineteenth century. Founded as a logging center, Seattle achieved regional dominance when it was linked to the northern U.S. transcontinental railroads... One of the great successes of the Seattle area is, of course, Microsoft. Spin-off research, along with the University of Washington's own work, has expanded the information technology, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors of Seattle's economy. In King County alone, Microsoft emplys about 16,000 people. The attraction of job opportunities at Microsoft and other high tech firms fueled in-migration, as did the growth of Seattle's cultural appeal as the center of the "grunge rock" movement of the early 1900's. Today, the Seattle metro area has grown to 3,263,497 (2006) and continues to experience substatial immigration."

Fishing is a big part of the North Pacific Coast, Our text reads "The North Pacific's cold waters were, and to an extent still are, fertile fishing grounds... Salmon has been the fish of greatest import in the North Pacific Coast for a long time. It was a major food and economic mainstay of coastal tribes before Europeans arrived and is still the principal fish caught in the region." Seattle is a great place to go fishing, Trident company ges fishing their for the fish products. I remember when I was a little girl my stepfather worked for Trident and would fly out to Seattle to go fish for them often.

Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle


Text Sources: Textbook, http://www.seattle.gov/oir/datasheet/Datasheet2010.pdf
Picture Source: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/3680500969_f878129614.jpg