West Wenatchee Chelan County, Washington
Mapped Location
West Wenatchee: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on West Wenatchee
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for West Wenatchee
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| West Wenatchee | Official |
Origin Notes and History of West Wenatchee
References to West Wenatchee that document the origin of its place name
WENATCHEE, the flourishing county seat of Chelan County, a lake, river, mountains and a National Forest, all wear this name from the Indian language of that vicinity. As early as 1805-1806, when Lewis and Clark were exploring and naming the "Columbia Valley", they heard of the Wenatchee River and the Indians living along its banks. They recorded both under the name of "Wahnaachee." (Elliott Coues, History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Volume III., pages 973, 1255.) Another early use of the name geographically is in the treaty concluded on June 9, 1855, by Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Washington Territory, with the "Yakima Nation of Indians." Article X. of that treaty provides: . . . "there is also reserved and set apart from the lands ceded by this treaty, for the use and benefit of the aforesaid confederated tribes and bands, a tract of land not exceeding in quantity one township of six miles square, situated at the forks of the Pisquouse or Wenatshapam river, and known as the 'Wenatshapam fishery'." (Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs, Volume II., page 701.) The tribes and bands participating in that treaty included the "Pisquouse and Wenatshapam." The Bureau of American Ethnology says that Wenatchi is from a Yakima Indian word meaning "river issuing from a canyon," referring to a band of Pisquows who lived on the river now known as Wenatchee. (Handbook of American Indians, Volume II., page 932.) The river was often charted as "Pisquouse" or "Pischous", which, as shown, was the name of another band confederated with the Yakimas when the treaty was signed.
Chelan County
- Appleyard
- Ardenvoir
- Azwell
- Berne
- Blewett (historical)
- City of Cashmere
- City of Chelan
- Chelan Falls
- Chiwaukum
- Chumstick
- Coles Corner
- Domke Lake Resort
- Dryden
- City of Entiat
- Entiat (historical)
- Farris
- Granite Falls
- Greens Landing
- Holden (historical)
- Hollywood Beach
- Lake Chelan Hills
- City of Leavenworth
- Lucerne
- Malaga
- Manson
- Maplecreek
- Merritt
- Monitor
- Moore
- Nason Creek
- Olds
- Peshastin
- Plain
- Shrine Beach
- Stayman
- Stehekin
- Sunnybank
- Sunnyslope
- Telma
- Trinity
- Wagnersburg
- City of Wenatchee
- Wenatchee Heights
- West Wenatchee
- Winesap
- Winton
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2017-07-03