Fort Vancouver Galleries
Brigade Encampment - June 2007
Every year in the early spring the fur trappers would return to Fort Vancouver to trade their furs. The encampment was also a time of catching up with family and friends before heading back out for more trapping in the wilderness that was the Pacific Northwest. The trappers were a colorful lot, very French, and very friendly and outgoin ...
Updated: Jun 17, 2007 7:34am PST
Fort Vancouver - Christmas 1846
The Christmas season at Fort Vancouver, Washington is a presentation of life during the Christmas Holidays in the 1800s. Well done by a group of very informative folks. The National Parks Services asks that you not use flash equipment during these presentations so all images are with available light only.
Updated: Dec 13, 2006 3:15am PST
Fort Vancouver - September 1846
Fort Vancouver, Washington occasionally puts on demonstrations/re-enactments that are open to the public and free of charge. This particular event was a re-enactment of what occurred at the Fort in September 1846 after an American navy ship, the USS Shark, that had been at the Fort for a month sank in the mouth of the Columbia River. Th ...
Updated: Sep 25, 2006 10:22pm PST
