25 Facts About Vancouver WA

Vancouver WA is the county seat of Clark County and forms part of the Portland-Vancouver WA metropolitan area, the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

Vancouver WA area was inhabited by several Native American tribes, most recently the Chinook and Klickitat nations, with permanent settlements of timber longhouses.

Vancouver WA became the end point for two ultra-long flights from Moscow, USSR, over the North Pole.

Vancouver WA has recently experienced conflicts with other Clark County communities because of rapid growth in the area.

West Vancouver WA is home to downtown Vancouver WA and most of the more historical parts of the city, as well as recent high-density mixed-use development.

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City officials have periodically suggested changing the U S city's name to Fort Vancouver to reduce confusion with its larger and better-known northern neighbor.

Vancouver WA is located just north of the Columbia River and the Oregon border, just west of where the Columbia River Gorge bisects the volcanic Cascade Range and just east of where the Willamette River enters the Columbia.

Unsheltered by the Willamette Valley, Vancouver WA has historically seen colder temperatures, including "silver thaw" storms where freezing rain cakes limbs and power lines.

Vancouver WA economy is characterized by border economics with neighboring Portland, Oregon.

Oregon has stricter development laws to protect the timber industry; therefore, Vancouver WA tends to attract a higher proportion of the region's sprawling development.

Vancouver WA contains the corporate headquarters for Nautilus, Inc, ZoomInfo, Papa Murphy's Pizza and The Holland .

Port of Vancouver WA USA operates a port on the Columbia River, which separates Oregon to the south and Washington to the north.

Vancouver WA Energy project was a proposed crude oil transport hub in the Port of Vancouver WA USA.

Vancouver WA Energy ended its bid to build the hub in February 2018 following Governor Jay Inslee's rejection of the project.

In June 2010, the City of Vancouver WA agreed to purchase the former downtown Columbian office building for use as a new city hall.

Since the mid-1960s, Vancouver WA hosted a Fourth of July fireworks display on the grounds of Fort Vancouver WA National Historic Site that draws many people to the city.

Vancouver WA has two school districts: Vancouver WA Public Schools and Evergreen School District.

Evergreen School District covers most of east Vancouver WA and has seven high schools: Evergreen High School, Mountain View High School, Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, Heritage High School, Union High School, Legacy High School, and Cascadia Technical Academy .

Vancouver WA is home to the Washington School for the Deaf and Washington School for the Blind, and Home Choice Academy, for home-schoolers.

Vancouver WA is located within the Portland media market for print, radio, and television media.

Vancouver WA has two interstate freeways, I-5 and I-205, both of which run north–south, across the Columbia River into Portland and toward Seattle.

In 2012, Vancouver WA voters rejected a sales tax proposal to fund light rail operations in connection with the Columbia River Crossing proposal.

Vancouver WA has always been well served by rail; current freight railroads operating in Vancouver WA include the BNSF, Union Pacific, and the local shortline Lewis and Clark Railway.

In 2008, Vancouver WA passed a citywide law requiring anyone on a wheeled device such as a bicycle, skateboard, scooter or skates to wear a helmet while on any sidewalk, street, trail or other public property.

Vancouver WA previously had a sister-city relationship with Arequipa, Peru, between 1961 and 1993, but that relationship ended.

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