Chamokane

Chamokane (pronounced SHIM-a-kin) is a Salish word meaning land of appearing and disappearing waters or more commonly, land of many springs. It can refer to:

• Chamokane Creek a creek that forms the eastern boundary of the Spokane Indian Reservation.
• Chamokane Falls a waterfall on Chamokane Creek and private land.
• Chamokane Fish Hatchery either a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Hatchery or a Spokane Tribal Hatchery.
• Little Chamokane Creek is a creek less than a mile west of Chamokane Creek and on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
• Tschimakain Mission, same pronounciation, a mission established in 1838 near Ford.
• Tschimakain Creek, same pronounciation, small creek where the mission was near Ford. This flows into Chamokane Creek.
• The town of Chamokane about a half mile down river of Little Falls on the Spokane River.
• Chamokane Lumber Company a sawmill and timber operation on the Spokane River at the town of Chamokane and the mouth of Spring Creek.
• Chamokane Construction Company a subsidiary of the Washington Water Power charged with building a railroad from Springdale to the Long Lake dam site to haul the materials needed for the construction of Long Lake Dam.
• Chamokane Dam, an auxiliary dam used near Long Lake Dam to help raise the level of Long Lake (AKA Spokane Lake) and hence more power to the generators at Long Lake Dam.