Historic Structures Report, Volume I, Historical Data: Fort Vancouver

Hussey JA. 1972. Historic Structures Report, Volume I, Historical Data: Fort Vancouver. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado

Located on the north bank of the Columbia River, in sight of snowy mountain peaks and a vibrant urban landscape, this park has a rich cultural past. From a frontier fur trading post, to a powerful military legacy, the magic of flight, and the origin of the American Pacific Northwest, history is shared at four unique sites composing the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The purpose of the report is to present in convenient, usable form for National Park Service architects, curators, and interpreters what the historical and pictorial record reveals about the physical form and the furnishings of the fort stockade and the structures within it as they stood at about the end of 1845, by which time the post was practically at the height of its development. To this end the available historical data concerning each structure are presented in a separate chapter and are there analyzed in the light of archeological findings and of construction techniques employed at other Hudson's Bay Company posts. A comparison of the present study with the writer's earlier The History of Fort Vancouver and Its Physical Structure will reveal that during the intervening decade and a half a very considerable amount of new information has been acquired by National Park Service historians concerning the structures at the Hudson's Bay Company's western headquarters.

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Published Report
Authors
Hussey, John
Date of Issue
1972-06
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
FOVA , PWR
Keywords
fort, fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company, trading post
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 367675: Fort Vancouver NHS Path, VC to Utility Area , CRIS-HS: 367629: Fort Vancouver NHS Visitor Access Road , CRIS-HS: 614751: Fort Vancouver NHS Visitor Center Flagpole , CRIS-HS: 000402: HBCo. Fort Bake House , CRIS-HS: 000401: HBCo. Fort Bastion , CRIS-HS: 239249: HBCo. Fort Belfry , CRIS-HS: 235695: HBCo. Fort Carpenter Shop , CRIS-HS: 000407: HBCo. Fort Chief Factor's House , CRIS-HS: 366423: HBCo. Fort Counting House , CRIS-HS: 239129: HBCo. Fort Flagstaff , CRIS-HS: 235698: HBCo. Fort Jail , CRIS-HS: 000400: HBCo. Fort Stockade , CRIS-HS: 000403: HBCo. Fort Wash House

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