Chinook Did You Know?

• The Chinook has been assigned the Working Group designation.
• The Chinook has been recorded in the Foundation Stock Service since 2001.
• The Chinook is one of a few dog breeds created in America.
• In 1965, the Guinness Book of World Records listed the Chinook as the "Rarest Dog in the World."
• The breed was developed in the early 1900's by Arthur Walden.
• The Chinook was developed as a sled dog.
• Chinooks were used to haul freight on Admiral Byrd's Antarctica expedition in 1927.
• Chinook is the Inuit word for warm winter winds.