The Great Northern Hotel

The Great Northern Hotel is a fictional setting featured in the television series Twin Peaks.[1] It is where much of the series takes place. The lead character, FBI Agent Dale Cooper, is a resident of the hotel for the length of the series.[2][3][4][5][6] The exterior of The Great Northern Hotel is the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie, WA.[1] (In 1988, the building was completely remodeled and reopened as the Salish Lodge.)[7] The lodge that inspired The Great Northern Hotel is the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington.[4] The Kiana Lodge was built in the late 1920s and is furnished with alder bentwood pieces dating from that era.[4]

The Great Northern Hotel
Snoqualmie Falls and exterior of the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge,[1] used for The Great Northern Hotel, upper left, in June 2008
Created byDavid Lynch, Mark Frost
GenreDrama
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TypeHotel
Notable locationsTwin Peaks

History

The hotel is owned by Ben Horne, a business associate of Leland Palmer; the death of whose daughter Laura Palmer is the catalyst for the series.[8]

References

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