Talk:North Cascades

Subregions?

I think there's room for making subregions of North Cascades. As I factor out the county articles, I'm getting a feel for what that should be. However, I don't think that "East" and "West" of the Cascades are the right divisions. The Cascades are pretty wide, so a big chunk of the region is neither "East of" or "West of", it's "On top of" the Cascades. Subregions should divide the mountains from the lowlands to the west, but at least Whatcom and Snohomish counties extend into the mountains. I don't have a clear idea for what the regions should be yet. Ideas: Skagit Valley, Bellingham region, Everett region, Coleville Indian Reservation region. (WT-en) JimDeLaHunt 02:09, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

Intro

I think it's not ideal to put the list of counties, and links to county governments, in the intro section. This part of the article is to give the traveller a feel for the region, what makes it interesting, what makes it distinct. A recitation of political boundaries and links to websites doesn't have that effect for me. I think this list belongs in Understand. I duplicated the list there, and will let discussion unfold here before changing the intro. (WT-en) JimDeLaHunt 02:09, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

Bellingham? What about Ferndale and Blaine

Perhaps Bellingham is the last large US city on I-5 before reaching Canada, but the statement as written in somewhat misleading.