Lions Shred Event will end early today at 11:30. Please drop off food for F.I.S.H. by 11:30!

Consider bringing a food donation to support F.I.S.H. tomorrow at the Mill Plain Methodist Church #LIONS

Consider bringing some cans of food to support our local Lions Club support F.I.S.H. at the nearby Methodist Church

Sooo...malaria epidemics (fever and auge) were one of the most deadly diseases in the PNW in the 1830s -- they hit the region hard in 1830 & 1833, first linked to American ship the Owyhee that had stopped in S. Am on the way to Fort Vancouver www.nwcouncil.org/reports/colu...

This Fort is ready for some people — Come to the Bicentennial Event this Saturday starting at 10am! www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...

Vancouver WA folks: get your berries!

Great presentation by Rick McClure and Cheryl Mack on #huckleberries in the Cascade Range of #Washington State. #Indigenous places . At the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center. #Fort_Vancouver #bicentennial #nationalparks #nps

Park ranger standing in uniform behind table talks to a visitor. Exhibit panels are behind her and the table has beads, books and coloring items.

#NPS booth at the #Archaeology Roadshow in Gateway Park today. Teaching about the archaeology of adornment! #NationalParks

‘These were real people’: Hundreds join Memorial Day service at Fort Vancouver It is too easy to let Memorial Day, and the solemn ideals and personal sacrifices it commemorates, fade into something routine and thoughtless.

Memorial Day at #NPS Fort Vancouver National Historic Site #nationalparks www.columbian.com/news/2025/ma...

Giant flag being raised by rangers in uniform on green grassy area. Large oak tree in left background. A fire truck is in the background. Sky is cloudy.

Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. Inspiring speakers, presentation of the colors, cannon salute, release of doves, music, and light refreshments.

Monday, May 26, Ceremony starts at 10:00am
Garrison flag raising at 9:30am
Fort Vancouver NHS Parade Ground #nationalparks #nps #vanwa

An artist takes in the scenery in a field of California poppies. The palisaded fort and tall Douglas fir trees in the background. The sky is mostly clear. A post and rail fence runs along the right side of the image.

A gardener with wheelbarrow walks toward the camera on a garden path. Flowers are growing throughout. A palisaded fort with buildings are in the background. The sky is mostly clear.

A bed of California poppies and other flowering plants in a garden with a palisaded fort behind. Sky is mostly clear.

The historic garden replica at Fort Vancouver is a lesson in how western horticulture met a western prairie. Many new and Indigenous plants were grown between 1825 and 1860 at this critical fur trade fort #national_parks #nps

Tomorrow!

“Fire, Protected Areas, and Native Ecological Knowledge in the American West"
Doug Deur, SEES Seminar Thursday 5/15
free!
Location: Portland State University Cramer Hall CH 53
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Zoom link: pdx.zoom.us/j/86987598104
We hope to see you there! Portland State University

Hundreds of school children in rain gear walk past the historic Chief Factors house. Tents with a brass band in foreground. Historic buildings and palisade in background

Hundreds of children in a line walking out of the fort. Dark clouds on the horizon.

Children at the Children’s parade at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Even dark clouds could not dampen the mood! #NPS #Nationalparks

Archaeologist speaks to visitors at well. Historic reconstructions in the background.

Tour of historic fort with archaeologist pointing to the stockade.

Girl looks out of postern gate at historic reconstructed fort

Camas blooming in field

I had the honor of touring about 25 visitors on an #archaeological walking tour of Fort Vancouver and its village. Part of the #bicentennial events at the Fort. Great pics from friends. The camas was still blooming and I talked about the underlying Indigenous landscape. #nationalparks #nps

Camas blooming in a grassy field

Camas blooming in a grassy field with Fort Vancouver palisade and bastion in background

a grassy field with Fort Vancouver palisade and bastion in background. Silver Star mountain on the horizon.

Paul Kane wrote: “camas and “wappatoo” are found in immense quantities in the plains in the vicinity of Fort Vancouver, . . . the whole surface presenting an uninterrupted sheet of bright ultra marine blue, from the innumerable blossoms of these plants.” It still blooms! #nps #Indigenous #vanwa

Was giving a presentation on some of my recent and ongoing archaeological work at a conference today and unexpectedly came across this promotional poster for my forthcoming book ‘Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories it Tells’.

Love this map! #history Fort Vancouver National Historic Site www.nps.gov/fova/bicente...

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: A Journey Through Time in the Pacific Northwest The fascinating Fort Vancouver National Historic Site encompasses reconstructed Fort Vancouver, U.S. army barracks and Pearson Air Museum.

As someone who's absolutely fascinated by the history of the American West, I have a particular fondness for parks like Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington. Such a wonderful place to explore and walk around at.

#nationalparks #publiclands

Black crows on a split rail fence with a palisaded fort behind.

I met this #murder of crows on the way into Fort Vancouver National Historic Site today. These crows know that Fort Vancouver is the oldest National Historic Site west of the Mississippi and intrinsic to the history of the American west. #nationalparks #nps #history

School kids march along a path in front of a historic White House. A fort palisade and a tall pole with a bell is in the background. Other historic buildings are to the left and right.

School kids march along a path in front of a historic White House. A fort palisade and a tall pole with a bell is in the background. Other historic buildings are to the left and right.

School kids visit Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Field trips show history in a place creating memorable, and life-changing experiences. #education #nationalparks #nps

A young tree with a fort in background.

A black metal tag secured with an aluminum nail in a tree trunk

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site has worked with scouts BSA from different troops on Eagle Projects. A number of projects put new tags on trees to better manage their health. Another replanted historic trees to maintain a historic alee of trees. www.nps.gov/fova/learn/n...

Park ranger speaks at outdoor ceremony. Empty honor chairs have blankets in the foreground

Mayor speaks at outdoor ceremony next to Nez Perce elder. Empty honor chairs with colorful blankets in foreground.

nimíipuu (Nez Perce) of the Red Heart Band joined with Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle of Vancouver, WA, Superintendent Tracy Fortmann, Cowlitz elders and others at the Redheart Memorial ceremony #vanwa #NationalParks #nps

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Mountain volcano with historic garden and flowering plants in foreground

Fur trade fort palisade and bastion beside trail to left, Flowering garden to right

Beautiful days in the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Hood watches over the Fort Vancouver landscape. #nps #nationalparks www.nps.gov/fova/bicente...

A green 3-leafed plant with violet flower.

A green 3-leafed plant with violet flower.

On my walk today I saw that the trillium was blooming in the woods near my house. #nature #spring #vanwa

A wooden fort framed by flowering cherry trees with a path in the foreground

A wooden fort tower (bastion) and orchard with an ominous black cloud on the horizon

An ominous cloud on the horizon at Fort Vancouver, but the cherry blossoms don’t mind. #vanwa #nationalparks #nps

My former graduate student Amy Clearmann from #Portland_State University spoke about the first Fort Vancouver (1825-29) as part of the #bicentennial commemorations. #history #archaeology #nationalparks

We can't wait to publish a book review of this! 😉

PowerPoint slide on a screen

Students presenting at a conference

PowerPoint slide on a screen

Portland State University Grad Student Karryn Pillay speaks about the Fort Vancouver museum, social media and
Indigenous perspectives at the Society for Applied Anthropology/Northwest Anthropological Conference in Portland, Oregon. #nationalparks #nps

Front garden area with a high porch to the left and a picket fence to the right. A palisade is visible in the background.

White flowers

Wallflowers

Daphne blooming

Spring flowers abloom at the Chief Factor’s House garden at Fort Vancouver NHS. The Evergreen candytuft, wallflowers and Daphne look lovely. Thanks #volunteer gardeners! #nationalparks #nps

Lecturer gesturing to a map of Nortwest US and SW Canada

Lecturer in front of a colorful map

Dr. Colin Grier spoke today about the legacy of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the reconciliation of First Nations in British Columbia as part of the bicentennial of Fort Vancouver #nationalparks #nps #historymatters # archaeology