Nooksack River (Wash.)
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- Work cat.: Geological Survey (U.S.). Plan, Nooksack River, Washington, 1950.
- Report on flood control, Nooksack River, Washington, 1973.
- GNIS, Mar. 8, 2000(Nooksack River, stream, Wash., Whatcom Co., variant names: Nooksachk River, Nooksacht River, Nooksahk River, Nooksak River, Nootsachk River, Nootsack River)
- Washington place names database, via WWW, Mar. 8, 2000(Nooksack River. The stream of this river rises in three forks which unite near Deming and flow from the west and south slopes of Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay near Marietta through west central Whatcom County. It originally emptied into Lummi Bay, but was diverted into Bellingham Bay by immense log jams.)
Wikipedia description:
The Nooksack River is a river in western Whatcom County of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, draining extensive valley systems within the North Cascades around Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters, and a portion of Fraser Lowland south of the Canada–United States border. The river proper begins with the merging of three main tributaries, namely the North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork, near Deming. All three forks originate in the Mount Baker Wilderness, and the North Fork, the longest of the three, is sometimes considered the main river. The Nooksack is approximately 75 miles (121 km) in total length measuring from the North Fork headwaters. The lower Nooksack flows as a northerly loop through the fertile southern Fraser Lowland agricultural area before emptying into Bellingham Bay and, via the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, communicating with the Pacific Ocean.
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