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 Fish Hatchery either a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Hatchery or a Spokane Tribal Hatchery.
• 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.
• 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 auxillery dam used near Long Lake Dam to provide extra lift to Long Lake and hence more power to the generators at Long Lake Dam.