Fort Nisqually

Fort Nisqually is a trading post and museum complex in Point Defiance Park featuring reconstructed buildings alongside two original structures from the early 1800s that document early settlement. The layout includes a main house, storage buildings, fortified walls, and outbuildings that show how such commercial operations functioned in the region.

The Hudson's Bay Company founded this post in 1833 as a fur trading center on the Pacific coast. It became a vital link between European markets and the region's resources and communities for decades to come.

The post operated as a meeting place where European merchants and Indigenous peoples interacted in daily trade and exchange. This interaction shaped the social connections and economic patterns that defined the early Pacific Northwest.

The site is easy to explore on foot and features different buildings arranged around a fortified structure. Visitors can join guided tours to understand how trading activities and daily life operated during this era.

The Factor's House and Granary are the only surviving Hudson's Bay Company buildings remaining anywhere in the United States. These two original structures offer direct insight into the construction methods and materials used during that trading era.

Location: Tacoma

Website: https://fortnisqually.org

GPS coordinates: 47.30340,-122.53300

Latest update: December 7, 2025 20:41