that part of North America lying west of the Rockies and north of the Columbia River, especially, in Canada, British Columbia.
- 1938  The Provincial Library at the Parliament Buildings is quite one of the most interesting in the Pacific Northwest.
- 1954  Fishermen coming to this district can have the best fishing to be found anywhere in the Pacific Northwest.
- 1955  The huge housing construction program in the U.S. this year--expected to be the biggest in history--should mean big business for B.C. and other Pacific Northwest lumber-producing areas.