Below are links to recordings of the entire virtual field trip of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. They are captioned and include audio description. These videos are also embedded within our Agenda page here.

Module 1: Welcome to Fort Vancouver

Module 2: Virtual Tour of the Historic Garden 

Module 3: Virtual Tour of the Bake House 

Module 4: Virtual Tour of the Fur Store 

Module 5: Virtual Tour of the Blacksmith Shop 

Module 6: Q&A and Careers in National Parks 

These audio-described and captioned videos will be included as part of the synchronous virtual field trip. If you are unable to attend live, or would like to preview or review them, they can be found on YouTube here:

• Historic Garden

• Bake House

• Blacksmith Shop

• Fur Store

If you would like to view the slideshows presented during the virtual field trip, you can find them in these Google folders:

• Mobility Matters slides - Powerpoint/Google Slides versions

• Mobility Matters slides - Accessible PDF versions

The PDF file found here can be printed on swell paper and run through a heater or embossed on a tactile embosser to create a tactile map.

• Swell Paper: Print map onto swell paper using ink that contains carbon (a copy machine works well), write labels onto key using non-carbon ink (a sharpie works well), braille labels over print (a Perkins works well ), run graphic through heater designed for swell paper (e.g., ZY Fuse machine)

• Embossing: PDF file can be printed directly to a graphics embosser (e.g., ViewPlus). Add key labels by hand after embossing.

If you have access to a 3D printer, click here for downloadable .STL files of the floor plans of the Fort Vancouver sites featured on the virtual field trip. Approximate print times:

• Garden: 5h 27m

• Fur Room: 3h 35m

• Blacksmith Shop: 2h 46m

• Bake House 2h 12m

Click here for a PDF of PIAF versions of the floor plans that can be printed on swell paper. This is a great alternative if you don't receive a 3D floor plan as part of your tactile learning kit, and you don't have access to a 3D printer. The floor plans are in this order in the PDF:

• Bake House pg. 1

• Blacksmith Shop pg. 2

• Fur Room pg. 3

• Garden pg. 4

Click here for the audio-described version of Fort Vancouver's brochure, which was developed by UniDescription. This brochure depicts the history of the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver.

Are your students working on career exploration? Here are a few National Parks Service resources that provide insight into NPS and the types of jobs available.

• Types of Seasonal National Park Service Positions

• Federal Occupations by College Major

• A Brief History of the National Park Service

Click here for a beautiful Sound Gallery created by the National Park Service. You can browse audio clips for sounds such as bees buzzing, cannons firing, and birds calling!

You may also want to check out these interesting Audio Postcards of Yellowstone National Park.

Click here for a PDF version of "The Guide to Plants in the Fort Vancouver Garden." This guide may provide supplemental information related to the historic garden at Fort Vancouver.

Did you receive a seed packet as part of your tactile learning kit? Click here for step-by-step instructions for sowing your Fort Vancouver seeds.

Click here for information about birdwatching at Fort Vancouver, including a Checklist of local birds.

Click here for a catalog of Northwest bird sounds.