- Type
- Fortress
- Origins
- 1824 · 19th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- 45.6225°, -122.6625°
History
The Hudson's Bay Company founded its post on the Columbia River in 1824–1825 and named it after Captain George Vancouver. In 1829 the stockade was moved from the high bluff to the plain nearer the river. The fort was the headquarters of the Columbia Department, supplying posts from Alaska to California and Hawaii; it was run by John McLoughlin, who also helped settlers arriving on the Oregon Trail. After the Oregon Treaty of 1846 the area became part of the United States, and in 1849 a US Army post was set up next door. The company left in 1860, and the abandoned buildings burned a few years later.
What to see
On the original site the stockade has been rebuilt with a three-storey bastion, the chief factor's house with its veranda, a kitchen, blacksmith's shop, bakery, fur store and the shop where goods were traded with Native peoples. Demonstrations of historic crafts take place in the reconstructed workshops. Next door runs Officers' Row, with the houses of the former Vancouver Barracks, all part of a national historic site.
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