• Image of the reconstructed stockade at Fort Vancouver and Pearson Air Museum looking northeast from the Land Bridge.

    Fort Vancouver

    National Historic Site OR,WA

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Young Engage School Curriculum

Emblem of the Young Engagé School

Taught by instructors and assisted by Adult Aides, the curriculum of the Young Engagé School includes many skills practiced historically, as well as what it means to be a volunteer who interprets and shares knowledge with the public.

Topics include selections from:

  • life of a voyageur and trapper
  • tracking and navigation
  • blacksmithing
  • carpentry
  • hearth-cooking and the Fort Vancouver Kitchen
  • field and garden
  • clerks and accounting
  • Chinuk Jargon and nineteenth century speech
  • history of Fort Vancouver & the McLoughlin House unit
  • orientation to the National Park Service
  • cultural resources and archaeology
  • public speaking and interacting with visitors
  • safety

Did You Know?

A park Guide presents a program at the Brigade Encampment special event

Did you know that Fort Vancouver National Historic Site hosts a number of special events each year that feature costumed interpretation and living history, including the Brigade Encampment, Soldiers' Bivouac, and Candlelight Tour? More...