Bill and Nancy Smith Family
Travels and Holidays

Labor Day Wedding in Oregon, Sep 1999

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A day at Fort Vancouver, in Vancouver, Washington, across the river from Portland Oregon

While in the area for the family wedding, we did get to spend a good part of one day across the Columbia River to visit the Fort Vancouver National Historical Park.

Bill and Nancy are standing beside a sign at the entrance to the reconstructed fort itself:

Bill is seen here checking out the inside of the fort:

There was a fully reconstructed blacksmith shop (#1 in the schematic) that was most interesting, with a blacksmith actually working and talking about the shop in the years the fort was in use. Unfortunately, it was too dark in the shop for good pictures (for us, at least!). The tower, above, is #10 in the schematic, below.

See a National Park Service schematic of Fort Vancouver. (It takes a bit to load, but worth it!)

Many of the fine homes of the former Officer's Row have been preserved and are now used by a variety of organizations. One is a nice restaurant, which you can see is decorated in period style:

Nancy, our daughters, Allison and Arrion, and Nancy's sister, Janice, are shown above choosing from a fine menu of meals for lunch.

Other Ft. Vancouver links of interest:

On the Oregon Trail

Officers Row

Fort Vancouver Regional Library

Page created 10 Jan 2000, last updated 28 Jan 2000.
Direct questions and comments to Bill or Nancy.