Events at Fort Vancouver

Visit the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center to see an exhibit of nine contemporary masks inspired by beings from traditional stories of Chinookan peoples and created by Artist Bill Rutherford.

Jerry Sutherland tells the story of Northwest pioneer Calvin Tibbets using  historic maps, original manuscripts, and numerous illustrations. Presentation and book signing.

Jack Nisbet, renowned naturalist and author of numerous books on the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest, returns to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Nisbet will present "David Douglas's Nine Lives" on how Douglas managed to stay alive while he was in the Northwest, what his collections mean to us today, and what really might have happened at the scene of his death. (Douglas met his demise in a mysterious manner while on the big island of Hawai'i, but he had several close calls in our region as well.) Free.