Camas Stevens County, Washington


Mapped Location

Camas: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Camas

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Camas

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Camas Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Camas

References to Camas that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

BIG CAMASS PLAIN, near Springdale, Stevens County. It was mentioned by that name by John Work, of the Hudson's Bay Company in his journal for September 20, 1825, and the name still persists. (T. C. Elliott, in Washington Historical Quarterly, July, 1914, page 166.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-03-05