Wynooche Avenue ends right about where Wynoochee Valley Road begins. Wynooche Meats and Deli is on the former; Wynoochee Lake is on the latter.

It’s easy to see why an editor might get confused.

Well the latest edition of The Chehalis Valley Historian, a quarterly publication of the Chehalis Valley Historical Society, researches the names’ etymologies.

Author Darrel White makes some fun points, and it’s worth checking out.

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