Fort Nisqually
Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson’s Bay Company
- Also known as: “Fort Nisqually Living History Museum” and “Sequalitchew”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Fire Station No. 14.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Zoo
Photo: Takinzinnia, CC0.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is located in Tacoma, Washington, US, and is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, PDZA is owned by Metro Parks Tacoma.
Fire Station No. 14
Fire station
Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.
Fire Station No. 14 is a fire station located at 4701 Forty–first Street in Tacoma, Washington. The architect was Morton J. Nicholson and the station was built in 1928 by Martin H. Fire Station No. 14 is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Nisqually.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruston and Tahlequah.
Ruston
Village
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ruston is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,055 at the 2020 census. Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of Tacoma, the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a company town.
Tahlequah
Hamlet
Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Tahlequah is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fort Nisqually.
Proctor District
Neighborhood
The Proctor District is a business district in the north end of Tacoma, Washington. Primarily a center for locals to shop, the District has cultivated a small town "urban village" character. Proctor District is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Nisqually.
Fort Nisqually
- Categories: trading post and locality
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.3032° or 47° 18′ 12″ northLongitude
-122.53156° or 122° 31′ 54″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
84VV8F39+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 150974460OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Fort Nisqually” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼斯夸利堡”
- Chinese: “尼斯誇利堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Nisqually”
- French: “Fort Nisqually”
- Hebrew: “פורט ניסקוואלי”
- Persian: “فورت نیسکوالی”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Nisqually”. Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.