• 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?

An HBC beaver trap from the collection at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

As the fur trade-era depot and headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department, did you know that over 61,000 animal pelts were shipped from Fort Vancouver to England in 1843 alone? This and many other stories are interpreted at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. More...