Kootenai County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
Latitude
47°42'N
Longitude
116°47'W
Coeur d'Alene
(KOOR da-LAIN), city (1990 pop. 24,563),
Kootenai co., N Idaho, 30 mi/48 km E of
Spokane Wash; 47°42'N 116°47'W. Elev.
2,187 ft/667 m. A tourist and lumbering center
situated on the N end of Coeur d'Alene L., at the outlet of Spokane
R., W of the Coeur d'Alene Mts.; gateway to a beautiful summer and
winter resort area. Lumber; meat processing; printing and publishing;
concrete mfg. Fort Coeur d'Alene (later Fort Sherman) est. 1876. The
city grew around the fort after the discovery (1883) of rich silver,
lead, and zinc lodes and after the mining boom of 1884. Hq. of Coeur
d'Alene Natl. Forest and seat of North Idaho Jr. Col. Inc. 1907.
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Kootenai co., N Idaho, 30 mi/48 km E of
Spokane Wash; 47°42'N 116°47'W. Elev.
2,187 ft/667 m. A tourist and lumbering center
situated on the N end of Coeur d'Alene L., at the outlet of Spokane
R., W of the Coeur d'Alene Mts.; gateway to a beautiful summer and
winter resort area. Lumber; meat processing; printing and publishing;
concrete mfg. Fort Coeur d'Alene (later Fort Sherman) est. 1876. The
city grew around the fort after the discovery (1883) of rich silver,
lead, and zinc lodes and after the mining boom of 1884. Hq. of Coeur
d'Alene Natl. Forest and seat of North Idaho Jr. Col. Inc. 1907.
