| A colorful past, a bright future is this city's motto that | | | | visiting some of the notable architectures and buildings |
| its residents try to live up every day. Known as The | | | | found in Vancouver. Some of these include the Saint |
| Cove, Vancouver is the home for 163,183 people. It is | | | | James Church, Smith Tower, the Carnegie Library, the |
| one of the largest cities in the State and is part of the | | | | Vertical Lift Interstate Bridge and the Art Deco |
| metropolitan area of Portland-Vancouver. It is in the | | | | Telephone Exchange Building. |
| Western part of Washington with an area of 119.5km | | | | If you wish to learn about Vancouver, you can choose |
| or 46.1 square miles. It was founded in 1825 and | | | | to go to Fort Vancouver Regional Library District for its |
| incorporated in 1857. Vancouver is a sister city to | | | | rich history or get your hands on local newspapers |
| Arequipa, Peru and Joyo, Japan. | | | | such The Colombian, the Oregonian or The Vancouver |
| The city's economy is fueled by the development of | | | | Voice for the latest news. |
| the industry of salmon, timber and fur trade. They also | | | | Vancouver is blessed with a number of schools, a |
| delve into agriculture through exporting and marketing | | | | college and a university. Having two school districts, the |
| of crops such as prunes, apples and strawberries. This | | | | residents and even outsiders can choose from |
| development in the city's economy also encouraged | | | | twenty-one public elementary schools, six public middle |
| the residents and lead to founding small businesses | | | | schools, and six public high schools from the |
| and opening franchise stores. It is also home to the | | | | Vancouver Public Schools district and another twenty |
| corporate headquarters of The Holland and Nautilus, | | | | one elementary schools from the Evergreen School |
| Inc. | | | | District. There is also the Clark College and the |
| If you want to see annual festivities, you can try visiting | | | | Washington State University if ever the parents plan to |
| Vancouver to witness a year-round of events. There | | | | send their children to a college or a university. |
| are large fireworks displays on Fort Vancouver | | | | The city has two state highways and interstate |
| National Historic Site that runs for about 45 minutes, | | | | freeways that are heavily traveled. It has a mass |
| the Jazz and Vancouver Wine Festival, and you may | | | | transit system that involves a hundred bus, paratransit |
| find your mouth watering during the annual Vancouver | | | | vehicles and vanpools. There are also express routes |
| Sausage Fest that runs for three days. | | | | going downtown to Portland. |
| While attending these festivities, you may also try | | | | |
