This year’s 200th anniversary of Fort Colvile’s founding offers an opportunity to reflect on its broader historical legacy

Young Kwak photo

The remains of the Hudson Bay Company’s outpost known as Fort Colvile, established 200 years ago in 1825, lies somewhere deep beneath the waters of Lake Roosevelt.

If you were to set off looking for Fort Colvile, you’d be unlikely to find it.

Occasionally, for a brief period in late spring when Lake Roosevelt is drawn down to accommodate the impending snowmelt, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the fort’s faint footprint. During the rest of the year, the former grounds of the

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