Loading AI tools
Unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chelatchie is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.
Chelatchie | |
---|---|
![]() Tumtum Mountain, visible from Chelatchie | |
Coordinates: 45°55′40.4″N 122°22′46.35″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Clark |
Elevation | 443 ft (135 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code | 360 |
GNIS feature ID | 1517654[1] |
Chelatchie is located about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Vancouver, Washington in the Chelatchie Prairie (or Chelatchie Valley) area, and consists of several homes, a general store, and a United States Forest Service visitor's center for the Mount St. Helens Volcanic National Monument. It is one of the more remote communities on Washington State Route 503, and serves as a gateway into the Siouxon Creek area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
The area was first settled around 1860, and was among the first settlements in the area.[2] The name was derived from "ch'álacha,"[3] a Klickitat word describing a valley with tall ferns.[4]
The Chelatchie Prairie Railroad was extended to the area in 1948, with the International Paper Company opening a plywood mill at the end of the line in 1960,[5] which operated until 1979.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.