Washington Coast · WA

Taholah

The Quinault village moving uphill from the sea.

Population
776 (2020 census)
Named
1905
Seawall raised
2014

Then

  1. 1905

    The village is named for a Quinault chief.

  2. 2014

    The Army Corps raises the 2,000-foot seawall by four feet.

  3. 2021

    The Generations Building opens as the first piece of the village's new uphill site.

Now

Taholah is the headquarters of the Quinault Indian Nation, where the Quinault River meets the Pacific. The tide station is at Point Grenville, three miles south.

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