Fort Vancouver
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Fort Vancouver was an early 19th-century British fur trading post in the disputed region of Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest. The factory was the principal settlement of the Hudson's Bay Compan
Fort Vancouver in 1845
Cots in the Douglas Quarters inside the Chief Factor's house
Fort Vancouver in 1859
The modern reconstruction, showing the outer palisade and the single corner bastion.
Fort Astoria
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Fort Astoria was the primary fur trading post of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company. A maritime contingent of PFC staff was sent on board the Tonquin, while another party traveled overland from St
The trading post as it was in 1813.
The layout of Fort Astoria in 1811.
Comcomly's mercantile skills as an intermediary gained him significant profits in deals with Fort Astoria. In particular he controlled the sale of many of the pelts originating from the Chinookan, Chehalis and Quinault nations.
A watercolor painting of Fort George in 1845.