Fort Vancouver celebrates 200th anniversary during conflicted moment for national landmarks

Fort Vancouver celebrates 200th anniversary during conflicted moment for national landmarks

Fort Vancouver has existed for 200 years in some form. The log cabin-style fur trading depot was rebuilt on archaeological foundations in the 1960s. But the Hudson’s Bay Company first located its fort on the site in 1825, building upon a place Native Americans had gathered to trade for thousands of years before that. “This is a time in history where multiple cultures were all thrown together in one area,” said Aaron Ochoa, a supervisory park ran…