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Colonial governors of British Columbia and Vancouver Island (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... This page was last edited on 13 ...
The British Colonial Office acted swiftly, proclaiming the Crown Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) on 2 August 1858, and dispatching Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, to establish British order and to transform the newly established Colony into the British Empire's "bulwark in the farthest west" [3] and ...
The Colony of British Columbia refers to one of two colonies of British North America, located on the Pacific coast of modern-day Canada: Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)
The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866 that was founded by Richard Clement Moody, [1] who was selected to 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific', [2] who was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
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About 600 African-Americans from California move to Victoria, British Columbia by invitation of Governor James Douglas as part of the gold rush migration. One of them, Mifflin Gibbs, later plays a key role in persuading British Columbia to become part of Canada. Douglas declares Emancipation Day, August 1, the anniversary of the end of slavery ...
The creation of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858, at Fort Langley, with Yale as Commander of the Fort, and Sir James Douglas as first Governor. James Murray Yale (c. 1798 – 7 May 1871) was a clerk, and later, a Chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, during the late North American fur trade, as they were competing with the Montreal-based North West Company and the American Fur ...