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= North Pacific Coast = The Northwest Pacific Coast includes the coastal areas of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Vancouver Island. There is some overlap with the California region, and the Empty Interior.

__**Music**__
Across the North pacific Coast, music can be heard from people's voices or to their instruments. In places like Alaska and British Columbia, music concerts are performed. Mainly the type of music played in these concerts is folk. Music festivals in Oregon are especially huge. Concerts earlier this year would include; the Electronic-Centric Festival, Pickathon, Warped Tour, and MusicFest NW presents Project Pabst, and many more. A blast from the past has happened in these concerts as Robert Plant himself, lead singer of Led Zeppelin, performed at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festivals.

media type="youtube" key="6iUIEe2re7A" width="560" height="315" Famous bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Foofighters, Soundgarden, and much more. These bands have originated from Washington, USA. Nirvana has contributed to society by presenting us with a new type of punk-ish life style.

Nirvana; far left, Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic

Also, Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, WA. Though he lived a short life, some would say it was a life well lived for this famous guitarist. He has moved and shaped so many people by his amazing skills and will never be forgotten. This region has a deep and rich history in rock music and continues to grow even today. The North Pacific Coast has a good ear when it comes to music.

media type="youtube" key="TKAwPA14Ni4" width="560" height="315" =**__Food__**= North Pacific Coast cuisine varies from each state but they all share the same interest in seafood due to the variety of seafood so close to the coastline There is a huge variety of seafood in the North Pacific Coast such as King crab, Halibut, Herring, and Oysters __//**Hunting**//__ The North Pacific Coast gets their meat from hunting in the wild, rather than farm Animal. Animals such as moose, caribou (also known as reindeer), elk, and bear

//__**Washington Oregon**__// Both these states are part of the Cascade Mountain range which is known for their cool wet climate and also with rich volcanic soils, which has made these two states the top produce grower of Apples, mushrooms, and especially berries. upick berry farm __//**Alaska**//__ Salmon is really popular in Alaska and there are a lot of different varieties of the fish but the most popular is Pacific and Alaskan. Salmon can be prepared in different ways such as smoked, cured, dried(jerky), even as candy(not the candy you are thinking about) Salmon Candy Salmon Jerky __//**British Columbia**//__ The Nanaimo bar is a dessert item popular in British Columbia and it is named after the city of Nanaimo. It is a dessert which requires no baking. It consists of a wafer crumb-based layer topped by a layer of custard butter icing which is covered with melted chocolate. There are many varieties of these bars that can have different flavors of icing (mint, peanut butter, coconut, mocha), and different types of chocolate Nanaimo Bars

=__Historical Sights__= Seattle, Washington: The largest city in the Pacific Northwest also happens to be a perfect distillation of all the great things the region has going for it. Known as the Emerald City, it’s home to about 3.3 million people and is a lively, progressive urban center. In addition to being lush with parks and surrounded by natural beauty, Seattle has a phenomenal café and music scene and has some of the best outside art – including a 7-ton bronze statue of Lenin and a giant troll under a bridge.

This streamlined, modern-before-its-time tower built for the 1962 Worlds Fair has been the city's defining symbol for over 50 years.



. __Space Needle__
 * Fun Facts
 * The Space Needle’s top, an aircraft warning beacon, reaches 605 feet.
 * The Observation Deck is at 520 feet.
 * The SkyCity Restaurant revolves at 500 feet
 * The 120′ x 120′ lot the Space Needle was built on was formerly owned by the city of Seattle, then sold to investors for $75,000 in 1961.
 * 25 lightning rods (24 actual rods, plus the tower) are on the roof of the Needle to withstand lightning strikes.
 * Paul D. Baker was the first person to jump from the Space Needle in a successful suicide attempt on

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March 4, 1974

__**Beautiful Places **__ Olympic National Park, Washington Established on June 29th, 1938 by President Franklin Roosevelt. Olympic National Park is located in three counties: Jefferson, Mason, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The park itself has four regions: Coastline (Pacific), a rainforest, forest and alpine areas. Prior to the 1920’s Olympic National Park was a historical settlement due to its rich large rain forests. It wasn’t till after the 1920’s that public opinion shifted towards banning logging due to the fact that people started taking an advantage of the park. The effects on the banning lead to a movement towards protecting the park at all cost.

Cannon Beach, Oregon Cannon Beach is easily recognized as one of the most beautiful beaches in the North West Pacific. It is known to be one of the most relaxing beaches because of low population, cool temperatures, and its low tide view. Cannon Beach is home to Haystack Rock, a well-known landmark for being the third tallest intertidal structure that is over 235 feet high and has a cave. Due to its beauty, the city is a big getaway resort style destination to nearby cities such as Portland. The city is also known for holding annual sand castle-building contests and Fourth of July parades.