City of Grand Coulee Grant County, Washington
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Information
General information on City of Grand Coulee
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Grand Coulee
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Grand Coulee | Official |
| Grand Coulee | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Grand Coulee
References to City of Grand Coulee that document the origin of its place name
GRAND COULEE, beginning near the Columbia River in the northeastern portion of Douglas County and extending for more than twenty miles southwestward, enters Grant County. It has been suggested that perhaps it was a former bed of the Columbia River. John Work, of the Hudson's Bay Company, mentioned it as "Grand Coolley" on July 24, 1825. (T. C. Elliott, in Washington Historical Quarterly, April, 1914, page 100.) David Douglas, the botanist, made an entry in his journal August 21, 1826, in which he said the voyageurs called "this wonderful specimen of nature" by the name of Grand Coulee. (Journal of David Douglas, 1823-1827, page 208.) It is called 'Grande Coulle" in the journal of the Wilkes Expedition, 1841. (Hydroraphy, page 67.) Lieutenant Arnold used the present name and described the geographic feature in 1853. (Pacific Railroad Reports, Volume I, page 110.)
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Last updated: 2017-07-03