Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

Location	Washington & Oregon, USA
Nearest city	Vancouver, Washington, Oregon City, Oregon
Area	209 acres (0.85 km²)
Established	June 19, 1948 as a National Monument June 30, 1961 as a National Historic Site
Total visitation	801,198 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the states of Washington and Oregon. The site was established in 1948 as a U.S. National Monument to protect and interpret the reconstructed buildings of Fort Vancouver, an important 19th century fur trading outpost originally established in 1825 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The area was redesignated as a National Historic Site on June 30, 1961.

Today, the National Historic Site consists of two units. The main unit of the site, containing Fort Vancouver, is located in Vancouver, Washington, just north of Portland, Oregon. The second and newest unit of the site is the McLoughlin House Unit located in Oregon City, Oregon 12 miles (19.2 km) south of Portland. This unit was added in 2003 to commemorate the life of the "Father of Oregon", John McLoughlin, who was manager of Fort Vancouver from 1825-1845. Preserved within the McLoughlin House Unite is the restored home of McLoughlin and the home of Dr. Forbes Barclay, an associate of the Hudson's Bay Company.

External links

National Park Service:Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Protected Areas of Washington

Federal

National Parks:	Mount Rainier • North Cascades • Olympic
National Monuments:	Hanford Reach • Mount St. Helens
National Historical Park:	Klondike Gold Rush • Nez Perce • San Juan Island
National Historical Reserve:	Ebey's Landing • Vancouver
National Historic Sites/National Historic District:	Fairhaven • Fort Vancouver • Whitman Mission • Pioneer Square
National Historic Trails/National Scenic Trail:	Lewis & Clark • Pacific Crest Trail
National Recreation Areas:	Lake Chelan • Lake Roosevelt • Ross Lake
National Wildlife Refuges:	Little Pend Oreille • Nisqually • Ridgefield • Saddle Mountain
National Forests:	Colville • Gifford Pinchot • Mount Baker-Snoqualmie • Okanogan • Olympic • Wenatchee
National Wilderness:	Alpine Lakes • Buckhorn • Clearwater • Colonel Bob • Glacier Peak • Glacier View • Goat Rocks • Henry M. Jackson • Indian Heaven • Juniper Dunes • Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge • Mount Adams • Mount Baker • Noisy-Diobsud • Norse Peak • Pasayten • Olympic • Tatoosh • Trapper Creek • William O. Douglas

State

State Parks:	Alta Lake • Anderson Lake • Battleground Lake • Bay View • Beacon Rock • Belfair • Birch Bay • Blake Island • Blind Island • Bogachiel • Bridgeport • Bridle Trails • Brooks Memorial • Camano Island • Camp William T. Wooten • Cape Dissappointment • Centennial Trail • Central Ferry • Chief Timothy • Clark Island • Columbia Hills • Columbia Plateau Trail • Conconully • Cone Islands • Crawford • Crow Butte • Crystal Falls • Curlew Lake • Daroga • Dash Point • Deception Pass • Deep Lake • Doe Island • Dosewallips • Doug's Beach • Fay Bainbridge • Federation Forest • Fields Spring • Flaming Geyser • Fort Casey • Fort Columbia • Fort Ebey • Fort Flagler • Fort Okanogan • Fort Simcoe • Fort Ward • Fort Worden • Goldendale Observatory • Ginkgo Petrified Forest • Grayland Beach • Green River Gorge • Griffiths-Priday • Hanging Gardens • Harvey Rensland • Hoko River • Hoodsport Trail • Hope Island • Iceberg Island • Ike Kinswa • Illahee • Iron Horse • James Island • Jarrell Cove • Joemma Beach • Jones Island • Joseph Whidbey • Kanaskat-Palmer • Keystone Spit • Kitsap Memorial • Kopachuck • Lake Chelan • Lake Cushman • Lake Easton • Lake Sammamish • Lake Wenatchee • Larrabee • Leadbetter Point • Lewis and Clark • Lewis and Clark Trail • Lime Kiln Point • Lincoln Rock • Loomis Lake • Lyons Ferry • Manchester • Maryhill • Matia Island • McMicken Island • Millersylvania • Moran • Mount Pilchuck • Mount Spokane • Mukilteo • Mystery Bay • Nolte • Obstruction Pass • Ocean City • Olallie • Old Fort Townsend • Olmstead Place • Osoyoos Lake • Pacific Beach • Pacific Pines • Palouse Falls • Paradise Point • Patos Island • Peace Arch • Pearrygin Lake • Penrose Point • Peshastin Pinnacles • Pleasant Harbor • Posey Island • Potholes • Potlatch • Rainbow Falls • Rasar • Reed Island Marine • Riverside • Rockport • Sacajawea • Saddlebag Island • Saint Edward • Saltwater • Senapum • Scenic Beach • Schafer • Seaquest • Sequim Bay • Shine Tidelands • Skagit Island • Skull Island • South Whidbey • Spencer Spit • Squilchuck • Steamboat Rock • Steptoe Butte • Steptoe Battlefield • Stretch Point • Stuart Island • Sucia Island • Summer Falls • Sun Lakes • Lake Sylvia • Tolmie • Triton Cove • Turn Island • Twanoh • Twenty-Five Mile Creek • Twin Harbors • Wallace Falls • Wenatchee Confluence • Wenberg • Westhaven • West Hylebos • Westport Light • Yakima Sportsman
State Forests:	Capitol • Elbe Hills • Green Mountain • Loomis • Loup Loup • Tahoma • Tiger Mountain • Yacolt Burn
State Natural Areas:	Skagit River Bald Eagle • Squak Mountain

Other

Dishman Hills • Goose Island • Sehome Hill Arboretum • Yellow Island

Protected Areas of Oregon
National Park System	National Parks: Crater Lake National Monuments: John Day Fossil Beds • Oregon Caves National Historical Parks: Lewis and Clark • Nez Perce National Historic Sites: Fort Vancouver
State Parks	State Parks: Ainsworth • Alfred A. Loeb • Beverly Beach • Bob Straub • Bullards Beach • Cape Arago • Cape Blanco • Cape Lookout • Carl G. Washburne Memorial • Cascadia • Catherine Creek • Collier Memorial • Ecola • Elijah Bristow • Fort Stevens • Guy W. Talbot • Harris Beach • Hat Rock • Hilgard Junction • Humbug Mountain • Illinois River Forks • Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial • L.L. "Stub" Stewart Memorial • Lake Owyhee • LaPine • Mayer • Memaloose • Milo McIver • Molalla River • Nehalem Bay • Ona Beach • Oswald West • Port Orford Heads • Prineville Reservoir • Rooster Rock • Shore Acres • Silver Falls • Smith Rock • South Beach • Starvation Creek • Sunset Bay • The Cove Palisades • Tumalo • Umpqua Lighthouse • Valley of the Rogue • Viento • Wallowa Lake • White River Falls • Willamette Mission • William M. Tugman State Natural Areas and Sites: Bandon • Cape Kiwanda • Clay Myers/Whalen Island • Coquille Myrtle Grove • Darlingtonia • Devils Punch Bowl • Erratic Rock • Fort Rock • George W. Joseph • Golden and Silver Falls • Munson Creek • Saddle Mountain • Seneca Fouts • Shepperd's Dell • Succor Creek • Tokatee Klootchman • Tryon Creek • Vinzenz Lausmann Memorial • Wygant • Yachats Ocean Road State Heritage Areas and Sites: Champoeg • Emigrant Springs • Fort Yamhill • Frenchglen Hotel • Geisel Monument • Kam Wah Chung • Sumpter Valley Dredge • Willamette Stone • Wolf Creek Inn State Scenic Corridors and Viewpoints: Bald Peak • Battle Mountain Forest • Blue Mountain Forest • Boiler Bay • Bolon Island Tideways • Booth • Bradley • Bridal Veil Falls • Cape Meares • Cape Sebastian • Cline Falls • Crown Point • Face Rock • H.B. Van Duzer Forest • Heceta Head Lighthouse • John B. Yeon • Muriel O. Ponsler Memorial • Neptune • Ochoco • Otter Crest • Peter Skene Ogden • Pilot Butte • Pistol River • Portland Women's Forum • Prospect • Rocky Creek • Samuel H. Boardman • Ukiah-Dale Forest • Umpqua • Unity Forest • Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Trails: Banks-Vernonia • Historic Columbia River Highway • OC&E Woods Line State Recreation Areas and Sites: Agate Beach • Arcadia Beach • Beachside • Benson • Bonnie Lure • Casey • Clyde Holliday • Crissey Field • D River • Dabney • Del Rey Beach • Deschutes River • Detroit Lake • Devils Lake • Dexter • Driftwood Beach • Fall Creek • Farewell Bend • Fogarty Creek • Gleneden Beach • Goose Lake • Government Island • Governor Patterson Memorial • Hug Point • Jackson F. Kimball • Jasper • Joseph H. Stewart • Koberg Beach • Lewis and Clark • Lost Creek • Lowell • Manhattan Beach • Mary S. Young • Maud Williamson • McVay Rock • Minam • Neskowin Beach • North Santiam • Oceanside Beach • Ontario • Otter Point • Paradise Point • Roads End • Sarah Helmick • Seal Rock • Seven Devils • Smelt Sands • Stonefield Beach • Sunset Beach • Tolovana Beach • TouVelle • Unity Lake • W. B. Nelson • Warm Springs • Winchuck • Yachats • Yaquina Bay State Waysides: Alderwood • Chandler • Ellmaker • Hoffman Memorial • Holman • Red Bridge • Tub Springs • Washburne Other: Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center • Fort Rock Cave • Whale Watching Center
National Forest System	National Forests: Deschutes • Fremont-Winema • Malheur • Mount Hood • Ochoco • Rogue River-Siskiyou • Siuslaw • Umatilla • Umpqua • Wallowa-Whitman • Willamette Other: Crooked River National Grassland • Hells Canyon National Recreation Area • Newberry National Volcanic Monument • Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
State Forests	Clatsop • Elliott • Santiam • Sun Pass • Tillamook
National Wildlife Refuge System	Ankeny • Bandon Marsh • Baskett Slough • Bear Valley • Cape Meares • Cold Springs • Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge • Klamath Marsh • Lower Klamath • Malheur • McKay Creek • Nestucca Bay • Oregon Islands • Siletz Bay • Three Arch Rocks • Tualatin River • Umatilla • Upper Klamath • William L. Finley
State Wildlife Areas	Bridge Creek • Dean Creek • Denman • E.E. Wilson • Elkhorn • Fern Ridge • Irrigon • Jewell Meadows • Klamath • Ladd Marsh • Lower Deschutes • Phillip W. Schneider • Prineville • Riverside • Sauvie Island • Snake River Islands • Summer Lake • Wenaha • White River • Willow Creek
National Landscape Conservation System	Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument • Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area • Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Others	Cascade Head Preserve • Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area • South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Heritage registers: National Register of Historic Places • National Historic Landmarks • National Natural Landmarks • World Network of Biosphere Reserves

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