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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.
The British Colony of Vancouver Island (also known as Vancouver's Island) was established in 1849, after the Hudson's Bay Company founded Fort Camosack (later Fort Victoria) in 1843. The Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 caused an influx of settlers to the mainland, via Vancouver Island, and after this, British Columbia was made a new colony on ...
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 ...
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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.
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)
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 first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...