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BC Joins Confederation
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Richard Blanshard
Richard Blanshard was named the first royal Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island. -
John Sebastian Helmeken
Helmeken was a British Columbia physician who played a big role to the start of B.C confederation. He also was one of the three delegates to go to Ottawa from BC when BC entered confederation. Helmeken retired from politics and devoted himself to medicine. -
James Douglas
James Douglas became the first governor of the Colony of BC and asserted the authority of the British empire during the Fraser River gold rush. -
The Colony of British Colombia
The colony of British Columbia was founded in response to the Fraser River gold rush. -
Frederick Seymour
Seymour continued to serve as the first governor of the union of the two colonies from 1866 to 1869, which was also named the Colony of British Columbia. He was a key player in developing, creating and cementing a relationship with the indigenous people. -
British Columbia merged with Vancouver Island
The Colony of British Columbia merged with the Colony Vancouver Island. -
The United States bought Alaska
The United States bought Alaska, leaving British Columbia hemmed in by the Americans from the north and south and the Rocky Mountains to the east. -
Amor De Cosmos
Amor De Cosmos formed the Confederation league to bring responsible government to British Columbia and to join Confederation. -
Robert W. W. Carrall
Robert Carrall was elected to the legislative council of British Columbia in 1868 and served until 1871. He was one of the three delegates to go to Ottawa to talk about the terms of B.C joining Canada. -
The Confederation League
The Confederation League passed 37 resolutions outlining the terms for a union with the Dominion of Canada. -
Anthony Musgrave
After the death of Frederick Seymour, Musgrave took over the responsibilities as Colonial Governor in August 1869. -
Building of a road from Ottawa to the West Coast
A group of leaders from British Columbia went to Ottawa to negotiate terms for the building of a road from Ottawa to the west coast. Ottawa negotiator, George Cartier, surprised them with the promise of a railway instead, which would be completed in ten years -
Joseph Trutch
Trutch was the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia following Confederation, a position he retained from 1871 until 1876. Trutch was a Dominion agent for B.C and helped to oversee the construction of the CPR in the province. -
Dominion of Canada
Terms for a union with the Dominion of Canada were passed by both the BC Assembly and the Federal Parliament in 1871. -
Canada's Sixth Province
The Colony of British Columbia joined the Dominion of Canada as the country's sixth province on July 20th,1871
