Sept. 1 & 8 and Oct. 6. Class meets directly at the reconstructed Fort Vancouver.

The Fort Vancouver National Historic Site's address is: 1111 E. Fifth St., Vancouver.

Please meet us at the front gates of the stockade, next to the garden, which you can see on the second map below. If you get lost, just call my cell phone, which is on the syllabus.

Here are directions to the site, from FortVan.org. But don't go to the visitors center. Instead just keep going south (toward the Columbia River) to the reconstructed stockade. If you end up at the visitors center, just look toward the river, and you will see the stockade:

"From I-5: Take exit 1C/Mill Plain Boulevard. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Mill Plain Boulevard. Go less than 0.1 mile. At the first light, turn right onto Fort Vancouver Way, and follow it past the library (on left) and Clark Public Utilities (on right) to the roundabout. At the roundabout, make a ¾ circle and turn right (east) onto Evergreen Boulevard. Go 0.4 mile along the historic homes at Officers Row. Immediately past the small second parking lot on the right, turn right onto the park road that grades down toward the Visitor Center, a low, one-story building. At the Visitor Center you can get a site map and learn about all of the attractions.

From I-205 (coming from Portland): Immediately after crossing the I-205 Bridge take the first exit onto Washington State Route 14 West toward downtown Vancouver. Travel six miles until SR 14 ends. Get into the right lane and take I-5 North. Immediately take exit 1C/Mill Plain Boulevard. Go less than 0.1 mile. At the first light, turn right onto Fort Vancouver Way, and follow it past the library (on left) and Clark Public Utilities (on right) to the roundabout. At the roundabout, make a ¾ circle and turn right (east) onto Evergreen Boulevard. Go 0.4 mile along the historic homes at Officers Row. Immediately past the small second parking lot on the right, turn right onto the park road that grades down toward the Visitor Center, a low, one-story building. At the Visitor Center you can get a site map and learn about all of the attractions."

One map of the area:



A much more detailed map: