Vancouver is located at 45 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ North , 122 ° 36 ′ 11 ″ West ( 45.633743 , − 122.603011 ) just north of the Columbia River , just west of where the Columbia River Gorge bisects the volcanic Cascade Range and just east of where the Willamette River enters the Columbia .
Vancouver is located at 45 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ North , 122 ° 36 ′ 11 ″ West ( 45.633743 , − 122.603011 ) . Vancouver is just north of the Columbia River and west of the volcanic Cascade Range mountains and the Columbia gorge .