Editing Fort Vancouver (section)

==Restoration==
[[File:Ft. vancouver.jpg|thumb|The modern reconstruction, showing the outer palisade and the single corner bastion.]]

Because of its significance in United States history a plan was put together to preserve the location. Fort Vancouver was declared a [[US National Monument]] on June 19, 1948, and redesignated as [[Fort Vancouver National Historic Site]] on June 30, 1961. This was taken a step further in 1996 when a {{convert|366|acre|km2|adj=on}} area around the fort, including Kanaka Village, the Columbia Barracks and the bank of the river, was established as the Vancouver National Historic Reserve maintained by the [[National Park Service]]. It is possible to tour the fort. Notable buildings of the restored Fort Vancouver include a bake house, where [[hardtack]] baking techniques are shown,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/bake-house.htm |title=Reconstructed "Bake Shop" |access-date=2010-04-28 |archive-date=2010-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429080549/http://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/bake-house.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> a [[blacksmith]] shop,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/blacksmith-shop.htm |title=Blacksmith Shop – Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407060342/https://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/blacksmith-shop.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> a carpenter shop and its collection of [[carpentry]] tools,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/carpenter-shop.htm |title=Carpenter Shop – Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407054902/https://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/carpenter-shop.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[kitchen]], where daily meals were prepared.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/kitchen.htm |title=Kitchen – Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407121257/https://www.nps.gov/fova/planyourvisit/kitchen.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>