mt. rainier

     

A sweet cherry is named for this Washington State landmark

Trivia about mt. rainier

  • Emmons & Nisqually are 2 of about 25 glaciers on this Washington state peak
  • George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1792, when George Vancouver sailed up the west coast of North America & surveyed & named the Puget Sound for a shipmate, he named this mountain on the mainland for a rear admiral friend

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