Vancouver Washington

	Vancouver

At the head of deep-water navigation on the Columbia River, Vancouver is the oldest city in the state. It was founded in 1824 as Fort Vancouver by the Hudson's Bay Company. During the 1860's, the young town prospered with gold rushes to eastern Washington and Idaho. Connections with the Northern Pacific from Kalama and the increased river traffic furthered the town's development into a busy shipping center.

Vancouver is a two-time winner of the All-America City Award. The town serves as a suburb of Portland, Oregon, where many of Vancouver's residents are employed. It is also a gateway to recreational opportunities at nearby Mount St Helens and the Columbia River. Vancouver is the county seat of Clark County. Interstate 5 runs through the city, near downtown.

There is also a Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver is part of the Portland-Vancouver, Oregon-WA metro area.

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The Most Anticipated Upcoming Washington Events Are:
Lantern Tours at the Fort Vancouver November 21
Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival Ridgefield continuing thru November 21
Wind River Cellars ? Thanksgiving Weekend Open House Husum November 27 thru November 29
Christmas Lighting Festival Leavenworth December 18 thru December 20
Great Value Wines Under $10.00 - Wine Education Series Ellensburg continuing

Other upcoming events include:
Celebrate Thanksgiving in Washington Wine Country Yakima Valley November 27 thru November 29
Holiday Festival of the Arts Bellingham continuing thru December 4
Maryhill Winery Thanksgiving Open House Goldendale November 27 thru November 29
Lighted Christmas Parade Lynden December 5
Christmas Ships Parade Vancouver December 5 thru December 17

6 What have people been Tweeting about Vancouver?

Latest Tweets About Vancouver Washington

ctvbc_sports "Colorado Avalanche lead the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 in the 1st. Power play point shot tipped in by David Jones at 4:06 of the 1st. #canucks"
les_mars "@cfleurs i'm in vancouver, taking classes at a dance school called CAPA - u in NY right?"
hyRi "@davidchoimusic your vancouver fans will be waiting then!"
atomicpoet "@jajahoff I was just curious since you're from Vancouver. Could have met you at last night's tweetup."
canucksff "1-0 | Colorado Avalanche just scored with 16:54 remaining in the 1st period; Avalanche 1, Canucks 0. #vancouver #canucks"
tinkerbellbones "@iamedigathegi Awesome movie went & saw it this afternoon. I live in Vancouver so it was so cool to see our city & the places we know."
Shere246 "@iamjosephjonas hey joe I hope your well! I went to your concert in vancouver on june 29th this year. it was so much fun! Plz reply sheridan"
nochinee "Watching Vancouver Canucks play a sloppy game after 5 days off. Darn Olympic schedule."
vanessadarling "@littletamara The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, technically. But I think I saw the white witch. Or a hooker. Either way she had a nice fur coat."
BW_Creative "http://twitpic.com/qb9rd - A little something from the archives to remind us of happier, warmer days in Vancouver."
bunnyBISOUS "@annabananafish ...and some of my best friends are from Vancouver/western Canada. So fresh, clean, friendly, pristine. Funloving culture too"
onerightminus "YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCK IT, VANCOUVER"
Garden_Therapy "going to the East Vancouver Culture Crawl..."
mattwdh "With the guys! (@ Whitespot (UBC) in Vancouver) http://bit.ly/079qhKj"
BradleyBigBear "The rain in Vancouver is epic, like old testament pissed off god epic. Like the god that Johnny Cash signs about pissed off."
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