Chelan

Lake Chelan stretches deep into the eastern Cascades, a long, narrow body of water surrounded by steep mountains. At its lower end were the winter villages of the Chelan, an Interior Salish people who spoke a Wenatchi dialect. The lake outlet provided fish, while the mountains supplied game and plants gathered in season. During salmon runs, people also travelled to fisheries on the Entiat and Wenatchee rivers, where they met and traded with neighbouring communities.