Vancouver
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- Names
Vancouver
Alashikash
Columbia Barracks
Columbia City
Fort Vancouver
Vancouver Barracks
Vancouver City
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Columbia River ca. 8 miles N of Portland, Oregon; oldest permanent settlement in the Pacific Northwest; was W headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company until it became part of the US in 1846.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Dyann Alkire (American, 1948-2020)
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