On Mon, 3 Oct 1994, Gene Hunn wrote:

Michael,

I beg to differ. Most of Alaska is hardly "Pacific" though clearly it is
about as far west as one can go on the continent. "Pacific Northwest" it
seems to me very well characterizes from a North American continental
perspective the region we both inhabit, north perhaps to the Aleutian
chain (though that is "Pacific North" not "northwest" perhaps... depends
on where you're standing.

Gene.

On Sun, 2 Oct 1994, Michael Price wrote:

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> This may seem like a small thing to get prickly about, and may come as
> startling news to some, but we in BC are not, repeat *NOT*, part of the
> 'Pacific Northwest'! Iona and Boundary Bay are in *southwestern Canada*.
> The equivalent, were things to be reversed and Canada to be the dominant
> culture, is to call Gray's Harbor part of the Pacific Southwest, an obvious
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> It is ironic to a Canadian birder to see a book entitled 'Shorebirds of the
> Pacific Northwest' and realise that a fair bit of that book is comprised of
> records from sites in southwestern British Columbia in Canada's Pacific
> Southwest.
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> To take a strictly geographical approach in a N. American context, Alaska
> is the Pacific Northwest; BC, Washington and Oregon constitute the
> Mid-Pacific Region, and California and Baja California, the southern
> region. May I suggest referring to sites in southwestern BC as belonging to
> the Mid-Pacific?
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> A helpful hint for Americans when dealing with Canadians: correcting such
> American geographical solecisms as this is seen as a drearily unending
> chore by many Canadians, and we wonder when, and even if, Americans will
> ever realise you *share* a continent instead of owning it. Please make at
> least a perfunctory bow in a northward direction for courtesy's sake before
> incorporating us in your books, articles, and postings.
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> Other than that, I find the postings on Tweeters rich in wit, knowledge,
> and thoughtfulness, and am happy to have subscribed.
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> Michael Price
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
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> michael_price at mindlink.bc.ca
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