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Place Name
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Chelan County
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Pronunciation
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shuh-LAN
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Wenatchee
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Population
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52,250 (1990)
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Location
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Washington, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°53'N
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Longitude
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120°39'W
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Chelan
(shuh-LAN), county ( 2,993 sq mi/7,752
sq km; 1990 pop. 52,250), central Wash.;  Wenatchee; 47°53'N
120°39'W. Mt. area on E side of Cascade Range region, including L.
Chelan reservoir in N Wenatchee Natl. Forest covers most of
co., except for Columbia R. margin and lower river valley. Irrigated
fruit-growing region; apples, pears, alfalfa, hay, wheat, barley;
livestock; lumber; gold. Parts of Alpine Lakes and Henry M. Jackson
Wilderness areas in W; parts of Glacier Peak and L. Chelan-Sawtooth
Wilderness areas in NW; Lincoln Rock and Wenatchee Confluence state
parks in E; L. Chelan Natl. Recreation Area and part of S unit of North
Cascades Natl. Park in NW; Squilchuck state park in S; L. Chelan and
Twenty-five Mile Creek state parks in N; L. Wenatchee reservoir and
State Park in W center; small part of Okanogan Natl. Forest in N. Ski
areas at Chelan, Leavenworth, and S of Wenatchee. Formed 1899.
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