Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Address:612 E Reserve St
Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone:360-816-6230
Phone: 800-832-3599;
Web: www.nps.gov/fova/
Size: 209 acres.
Established: Authorized as a national monument on June 19, 1948; changed to a national historic site on June 30, 1961.
Location:In the city of Vancouver, Washington, just east of I-5 on East Evergreen Blvd.
Facilities:Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Guided tours, living history demonstrations.
Special Features:From 1825 to 1849, Fort Vancouver was the western headquarters of the
Hudson's Bay Company's fur trading operations. Under the leadership of
Dr. John McLoughlin, often called the "Father of Oregon," the fort
became the center of political, cultural, commercial, and manufacturing
activities in the Pacific Northwest. When American pioneers arrived in
the Oregon Country during the 1830s and 1840s, they came to Fort
Vancouver for supplies to begin their farms. The McLoughlin House,
where Dr. McLoughlin lived from 1847 to 1857, in Oregon City has been fully restored
and is maintained as a unit of the Fort Vancouver National Historic
Site.
See other parks in
Washington.