Lower Columbia · WA
Vancouver
A Hudson's Bay fort town across the river from Portland.
- Population
- 190,915 (2020 census)
- Fort Vancouver
- 1825
- Incorporated
- 1857
Then
- Before 1825
Chinook and Klickitat people live along this stretch of river.
- 1825
The Hudson's Bay Company establishes Fort Vancouver.
- 1857
Vancouver incorporates on January 23.
- 1917
The Interstate Bridge opens on February 14.
- WWII
Kaiser's shipyard employs up to 36,000, and the population leaps from 18,000 to over 80,000.
Now
The Port of Vancouver USA handles more than 400 ships a year. This place runs downriver to Kalama.
4 tide stations around Vancouver
- Vancouver1.7 mi
- Knapp Landing, Willow Bar8.4 mi
- Rocky Point10.7 mi
- Temco Kalama Terminal25.5 mi