Nooksack River

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The North Fork Nooksack River rises at the Nooksack Cirque east of Mount Shuksan within the western part of North Cascades National Park in central Whatcom County.

borders

Deming, Washington

deposits

Sternberg (1967) has estimated the river to deposit 690,000 cubic meters of sediment into Bellingham Bay annually.

hazards map

Mount Baker, WA simplified hazards map (usgs.gov)

maps

meander

The Nooksack River has flowed between Lummi Bay, north of the Lummi Peninsula, and Bellingham Bay in the recent past (Easterbrook, 1973). At the turn of the century, the course of the river changed so that the main flow went into Bellingham Bay where it remains today.

middle fork

Middle Fork Nooksack River

mouth

Bellingham Bay

near

Mount Baker

north fork

North Fork Nooksack River

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3459166

photographs

random

overpass

river delta

Nooksack River Delta

river of

source

The North Fork Nooksack River rises at the Nooksack Cirque east of Mount Shuksan within the western part of North Cascades National Park in central Whatcom County.

south fork

South Fork Nooksack River

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tags

river

vicinity

Nooksack, Washington

waterfall

Nooksack Falls

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1996433

Wikipedia

Nooksack River (Wikipedia) 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.