re: #124 Varek Raith

Why do we name cities after other cities?!?!
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Here’s the story, and yes, I know it well.

Fort Vancouver was the outpost built by the Hudson’s Bay Company for fur trading. It was the only outpost in the Northwest. When the Americans started coming over, the man in charge of Fort Vancouver, McLoughlin, sent them to the other side of the river, which is why Portland is bigger.

When Washington became America instead of England, the Hudson’s Bay Company packed up and moved to the new Southernmost border, which is now Vancouver, B.C.

America’s Vancouver is older, but significantly smaller.