| LC control no. | n 87836358 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Cathlamet (Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Cathlamet |
| Variant(s) | Cathlamet, Wash. Birnie's Retreat (Wash.) Birnie's Trading Post (Wash.) Cathlamah (Wash.) Kahelamit (Wash.) Katalamet (Wash.) Kathlamet (Wash.) |
| Geographic class no. | 4284 C27 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (State) |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Hansen, J.B. Papers, 1961-1974 (Cathlamet, Wash.) LC data base, 2-19-88 (hdg.: Cathlamet, Wash.) Rand McNally comm'l atlas, c1984 (Cathlamet; Wahkiakum Co.) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 46°12ʹ11ʺN 123°22ʹ59ʺW) Wikipedia, July 3, 2019 (Cathlamet, Washington; town in Wahkiakum County, Washington; county seat; 46°12ʹ14ʺN 123°23ʹ2ʺW (46.203767, -123.383838)) GNIS, July 3, 2019 (Cathlamet; variants: Birnie's Retreat, Birnie's Trading Post, Cathlamah, Kahelamit, Katalamet, Kathlamet; populated place that is also an incorporated place with the same name; Wahkiakum County, Washington, county seat) Washington place names, via WWW, July 3, 2019 (Cathlamet is a town on the north bank of the Columbia River, north of Little Island and Puget Island, on Cathlamet Channel in southeast Wahkiakum County. The name, which is that of a small Indian band, means stone, and relates to the rocky course of the Columbia River through Cathlamet Channel. James Birnie, once an employee of Hudson's Bay Company, operated a trading post there in the 1860s. Alternate names once used include Birnie's Retreat and Birnie's Trading Post. Cathlamet as incorporated February 18, 1907) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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