City of Okanogan Okanogan County, Washington
Mapped Location
City of Okanogan: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on City of Okanogan
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Okanogan
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Okanogan | Official |
| Okanogan | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Okanogan
References to City of Okanogan that document the origin of its place name
OKANOGAN, a river flowing from British Columbia southward to the Columbia River through the central part of Okanogan County. A tribe of Indians bore the same name. The word means "rendezvous" and was applied to the head of the river at Osoyoos Lake where the Indians of British Columbia and Washington often gathered for the annual potlatch and to lay in supplies of fish and game. (Rev. Myron Eells, in American Anthropologist, January, 1892.) The name has had many spellings such as "Oakinacken" by Alexander Ross; "Ookenaw," by David Thompson and Alexander Henry, the Younger; "Okenaken," by Gabriel Franchere; "Okinakane," in the Pacific Railroad Reports; and other forms, most of which aim at the same sounds. J. K. Duncan, the topographer with the Pacific Railroad survey, calls the main river through and above the lakes, "Sahtlilkwu" and the Similkameen he calls "Millakitekwa." (Pacific Railroad Reports, Volume I, chapter 18, page 214.) A town by the name of Okanogan is located on the bank of the river in the central part of Okanogan County.
Okanogan County
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Last updated: 2017-06-28