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Fort Vancouver’s history goes deeper than you’d expect
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site sits on the north bank of the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington, and it’s the only National Park Service unit in the entire Portland-Vancouver metro area.
Inside 207 acres, you get a reconstructed fur trading fort, a free aviation museum, Victorian-era officers’ homes, and one of the most significant archaeology collections in the region.
The park grounds run dawn to dusk, and the fort itself opens Tuesday through Saturday. Entry to the reconstructed fort runs $10 for anyone 16 and older, and kids 15 and under get in free.
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How one trading post ran half a continent
In 1825, the Hudson’s Bay Company planted its Pacific Northwest headquarters right here…