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Explore Vancouver WA Guidebook
2026 Second Edition • 178 pages • Full Index
- Power Course for Vancouver Living: Shorten the Learning Curve for a New Move to Vancouver with this definitive guide to all things Vancouver.
- Lost in Vancouver? Learn to Navigate Vancouver’s somewhat Crazy Street System.
- Excited to Get More Out of Living in Vancouver? Start a Vancouver Bucket List with our huge list of things to do, see and explore.
- Guests Arriving? Make their visit memorable by preplanning afternoon excursions and day trips.
- Looking for a great places to eat? Check out the Waterfront, Downtown/Uptown Eating Section.
- Bored in Vancouver? Deep dive into our huge list of 59 activities to blast apart any encroaching doldrums.
- Love Pacific Northwest History? Find out why Vancouver is sometimes referred as the "Cradle of Pacific Northwest History," by historians.
Should you Buy this Book? - YES!
- If you are a newcomer to Vancouver or have lived here for many years, this guidebook is a goldmine of valuable resources and information.
- It’s the guide to start you on your way to pursue new adventures, make more friends and convince you beyond a doubt that Vancouver is the place to make your forever home.
- It shares both popular and lesser known venues to make the most out of experiencing Vancouver.
- It lists over 50 activities for all ages, interests and abilities to pursue.
- The ideal reader for this guide is the person who wants to experience more deeply the treasures of living in this historic rich city.
- It’s the perfect resource for young families with children who want to check out wholesome, fun things to do throughout the year.
- And for retirement folks (like me) it’s an awesome guide where those of us with a little more free time can try new things, go new places and learn new things.
- Basically this guidebook is like a Yellow Pages Book (though in full color with breathtaking photography) of all the things you can see and do in Vancouver.
- A guide that you will refer to again and again.
- One that the whole family will pursue AND Definitely one that makes a great gift for new residents, college students, new employees and new friends.
- A bit of advice: If you only plan to stop over in Vancouver for a day or two this book may be overkill. Instead I recommend checking out the Visit Vancouver Washington website or request their free Travel Magazine which is packed with tons of great places to see, food places to check out and other venues for a shorter visits.
Look at the Table of Contents
Welcome to Vancouver 6
Waterfront 8
Columbia River 10
Ilchee 11
Wendy Rose 11
Captain George Vancouver 12
Boat of Discovery 12
A Busy Place 13
River of Settlers 13
Esther Short Park 14
Captain George Vancouver 15
Pioneer Mothers 15
Vancouver Farmers Market 16
Kiggins Theatre 17
Uptown Village 18
Covington House 19
Clark County Historical Museum 20
Providence Academy 21
Firsts Monument 22
Officers Row 23
American Soldiers 27
Washington Centennial 27
Arbor Day 27
The Rehabilitation 28
End of the American Revolution 28
Oldest Washington Settlement 29
First U.S. Citizen born in Vancouver 29
Ulysses S. Grant House 30
Military Heroes 32
Famous Visitors 32
The Indian Wars 33
The Great Explorations 33
Opening Up theWest 34
Life on the Row 34
George C. Marshall House 35
Spanish American War 36
World War I 36
World War II 37
An Abundant Land 38
A Healthy Invironment 38
Fort Vancouver National Site 39
Visitor Center 41
Bookstore & Gallery 41
An English Garden 42
The Vancouver Farm 43
Whose Anchor? 44
First Japanese in North America 45
Vancouver Barracks Plan 46
U.S Army Arrived 47
Fort Vancouver 48
Historic Aerospace Site 49
Soviet Transpolar Flight 50
O. O. Howard House 51
The Bandstand 52
Artillery Barracks 53
Post Headquarters 54
Red Cross Convalescent Center 55
Pearson Air Museum 57
Two Rivers Heritage Museum 59
Cedar Creek Grist Mill 60
Cathlapotle Plankhouse 61
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad 62
North Clark Historical Museum 63
Pomeroy Living History Farm 64
Columbia River Renaissance Trail 65
Discovery Loop Historic Trail 66
Confluence Land Bridge 67
Burnt Bridge Creek Trail 69
Salmon Creek Greenway 70
Columbia Springs Trail 71
Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge 72
Events by the Month 73
Chinook Indians 79
Time Line 80
National Registered Sites 85
Vancouver 86
Amboy 88
Battle Ground 88
Brush Prairie 88
Camas 88
La Center 89
Ridgefield 89
