Chapter 16

Today we will discussing Chapter 16 of the book "Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada" by Stephen Birdsall.  And the chapter is about the North Pacific Coast. See below for a map of the states we are discussing. This map is from the US State Department.

As you can see, this chapter covers the North Pacific Coast including Alaska, Canada, Washington, Oregon and some of California.

Seattle, Washington, is home to Microsoft. In King County, Microsoft has 16,000 employees.

Pittsburgh is home to Heinz Corporation. Hence, the Steelers' stadium is Heinz Field. (Although, who else likes to think it's named after the beloved Hines Ward?) Heinz makes a lot of products including Heinz ketchup. Heinz is in 200 countries. They sell 650 million bottles of ketchup every year. In total they have 32,000 employees.

(From Heinz's site)

I'm not much for ketchup, but if I were, I'd be supporting Pittsburgh's best.