The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866 that was founded by Richard Clement Moody, who was selected...
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The Colony of British Columbia was a British Crown Colony that resulted from the 1866 merger of two British colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and...
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Island. The Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was subsequently founded by Richard Clement Moody, and by the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment,...
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America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia. The united colony joined Canadian Confederation...
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New Westminster (redirect from New Westminster, British Columbia)
of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia...
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modern-day Canada: Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) History of British Columbia This disambiguation page lists...
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Matthew Baillie Begbie (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) judges)
1894) was a British lawyer, politician, and judge. In 1858, Begbie became the first Chief Justice of the Crown Colony of British Columbia in colonial...
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James Douglas (governor) (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
of the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1858, he became the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia and asserted the authority of the British Empire...
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Army that was responsible for the foundation of British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia (1858–66). It was commanded by Colonel Richard Clement...
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Fort Langley (redirect from Fort Langley, British Columbia)
community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 3,400 people. It is the home of Fort Langley National...
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The Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago of the same name from 1853 to 1858, when it was amalgamated...
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Won Alexander Cumyow (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
1861 March 24 in Port Douglas (at the north end of Harrison Lake, Colony of British Columbia at the start of the Douglas Road to Lillooet during the Fraser...
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(1858–1866) Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands Colony of Vancouver Island Lower Canada Newfoundland Colony Province...
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The Colony Assembly of British Columbia was formed in 1858 but there was no assembly till 1864. The assembly existed from January 21, 1864 to August 6...
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agencies in North America, the British Columbia Provincial Police was formed to police the new Colony of British Columbia in 1858, with Chartres Brew as the...
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Frederick Seymour (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
various British colonies from 1842 to 1863, when he returned to England. From 1864 to 1866, he served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia...
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dollar was the currency of the Colony of British Columbia between 1865 and 1871. It replaced the British pound at a rate of 1 pound per 4.866 dollars...
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Stickeen Territories (category Pre-Confederation British Columbia)
responsibility of the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas, who was appointed "Administrator of the Stickeen Territories" and under British law...
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Richard Clement Moody (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
Moody was charged to establish British order and to transform the new Colony of British Columbia (1858–66) into the British Empire's 'bulwark in the farthest...
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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 the mainland...
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is named after him. The original Colony of British Columbia was amalgamated with the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1866. That larger jurisdiction was succeeded...
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Andrew Charles Elliott (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) judges)
British Columbian politician and jurist who was the fourth premier of British Columbia from 1876 to 1878. Elliott's varied career in British Columbia...
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1846, the colonies of Vancouver Island and colony of British Columbia were established; the former in 1849 and the latter in 1858. The two colonies were...
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Placer mining (redirect from Environmental effects of placer mining)
Rush prompted in 1858 the incorporation of Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866). The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 when nuggets of gold were found...
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David Cameron (jurist) (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) judges)
clerk in Nanaimo, British Columbia and then a judge in the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1853, Cameron became the first Chief Justice of Vancouver Island...
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of British Columbia Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) History of Vancouver History of Victoria History of...
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Josephine Crease (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
Victoria at the age of 83. Her work is held in the collections of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. For...
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Klattasine (category People executed by the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866))
chief of the Chilcotin (Tsilhqot'in) people. He led a small group of warriors in attacks on road-building crews near Bute Inlet, British Columbia, in April...
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William George Cox (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada during the Rock Creek Gold Rush. He was born in Ireland...
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W. A. G. Young (category Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) people)
Legislation[which?] was passed in the UK designating British Columbia a crown colony on August 2, 1858. Young began assisting Douglas with administrative business...
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