A city in Southwest Washington named for Captain Vancouver, and not to be confused with Vancouver, B.C. A key site in Vancouver is Fort Vancouver, where the Hudson's Bay Company had a trading post set up for all the fur trappers in the area. There is a large fireworks show at Fort Vancouver every 4th of July. Vancouver can be crappy in parts, like Hazel Dell, but overall its not a bad place to live. It is just over the Columbia River from Portland.