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North West Company, Hudson Bay Company merged, B.C.'s fur trading departments organized into New Caledonia (central and interior), Thompson River Watershed (interior south), Columbia District (North of Columbia)
•This was the result of the conflict at the Selkirk Settlement in 1820.
•The fur trade was ending.
•The merger takes place in the name of Hudson's Bay company in 1821 but NWC still owns 55 shares.
•They controlled land west of the Rocky Mountains.
The HBC and the NWC merged together and therefore creating one, and owning the whole of Ruperts land. Although this merge kept the name HBC the NWC still owned 55 shares. Right around this time period the fur trading was just ending. -
54° 40’ established as boundary separating American and Russian spheres of influence
It is a treaty between Russian and Americans, but british didn't agree, so it changed when oregon treaty was signed. If it remains, when US decided to expand their territories, BC will be american and will be their jump to invade Canada. -
Fort Vancouver established by HBC on Columbia River
Fort Vancouver was a 19th-century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department, located in the Oregon Country. Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the Columbia River in present-day Vancouver, Washington. -
Chief Factor John McLoughlin takes charge of area west of the Rockies
In 1824 the Hudson's Bay Company appointed McLoughlin, already a Chief Factor, Superintendent of the Columbia District (roughly parallel to what Americans know as the Oregon Country), with Peter Skene Ogden appointed to assist him.McLoughlin built Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) as a replacement for Fort George, on the north side of the Columbia across from the mouth of the Willamette River, at a site chosen by Sir George Simpson. -
James Douglas becomes Chief Trader of the HBC
Douglas spent nineteen years working in Fort Vancouver. He served as a Clerk until 1835, when he was promoted to Chief Trader of the post. Being a Chief Trader was a very important position, held by only four others in the large District. He received his commission as one of "the gentlemen of the interior" on June 3, 1835 in York Factory during a meeting of the Council of the Northern Department. -
Coal discovered on Vancouver Island
Thats why Coal Harbour was built. This stimulate transportation in Vancouver which stimulate tourism. -
James Douglas becomes Chief Factor of HBC
In 1838 Douglas was put in charge of the Columbia District while Chief Factor John McLoughlin was on furlough in Europe. While occupying the position Douglas denounced slavery of natives and made settlement with the Russian American Company, which had been active in the northern coastal fur trade. -
Hudson Bay Company established Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island
Fort Victoria began as a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company and was the headquarters of HBC operations in the Columbia District, a large fur trading area now part of the province of British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. state of Washington. -
Oregon Treaty establishes 49th parallel as US-British boundary
The Oregon Treaty[1] is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. Signed under the presidency of James K. Polk, the treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.
Significance is to let Canada have safer border and for trade -
Vancouver Island proclaimed Crown Colony
The Colony of Vancouver Island (officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies), was a crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia. The united colony joined the Dominion of Canada through Confederation in 1871. The colony comprised Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands of the Strait of Georgia. -
Gold quartz discovered on west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands; coal miners struck at Nanaimo due to non-working mine, inferior coal, food shortages, danger from warring natives
This is one of the reason how gold rush in BC started -
James Douglas becomes Governor but remains Chief Factor of the HBC
As Governor, Douglas faced a number of significant challenges, not least of which was the expansionist pressure of the neighbouring United States of America. Using his meagre resources, Douglas created the Victoria Voltigeurs, Vancouver Island's first militia, using money from the Company and composed of Metis and French-Canadians in the company's service. He also used the sparse presence of the Royal Navy for protection. -
Gold rush began after discovery at Fraser River
n 1858 at least 30 000 gold seekers flooded the banks of the Fraser River from Hope to just north of Lillooet in British Columbia's first significant gold rush. Although short in duration, the Fraser Rush had a significant impact on the area's Aboriginal peoples. It also caused the nonsovereign territory of Britain known as New Caledonia to be quickly established as the colony of British Columbia in order to deal with the massive influx of foreign miners. -
Fraser River Gold Rush
It gives diversity on population (Chinese) and significant economy impact.
The Fraser Canyon gold Rush, (also Fraser Gold Rush and Fraser River Gold Rush) began in 1857 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River a few miles upstream from the Thompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-day Lytton. -
Colony of B.C. formed
The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866. At its creation, it physically constituted approximately half the present day Canadian province of British Columbia, since it did not include the Colony of Vancouver Island, the vast and still largely uninhabited regions north of the Nass and Finlay Rivers, the regions east of the Rocky Mountains, or any of the coastal islands. -
New Westminster named capital of B.C.
New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and is a member municipality of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
On July 20, 1859, Governor James Douglas proclaimed that the new city would be officially named “New Westminster” – a name chosen by Queen Victoria herself. This naming by Her Royal Highness, gave residents, both then and now, the honour of referring to their home as the “Royal City”. -
Smallpox epidemic killed 14,000 Indians along coast from Vancouver to Alaska
This is the disaster first nation people faced, when gold rush happened.
On March 18, 1862, The Daily British Colonist confirmed that one of the passengers from the steamer had "varioloid" (smallpox). Two days later the paper reported on another passenger with the disease. On March 24, another steamer from San Francisco, the Oregon, arrived at Victoria carrying at least one passenger infected with smallpox. Thus began the catastrophic 1862 epidemic -
Frederick Seymour the Governor of Crown Colony of British Columbia
In 1864, Seymour attained the apogee of his colonial career as successor to Sir James Douglas as Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. He inherited an administration deeply in debt, and a restless population of British colonists demanding responsible government. -
Vancouver Island, B.C. united with passage of Imperial Act
With the colony's budget collapsing by 1865, and the assembly unwilling and unable to introduce proposals for raising revenue, Kennedy was barely able to keep the administration afloat until the union of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in October, 1866. With that, Vancouver Island ceased to exist as a separate colony, becoming part of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The capital of the united colony would be Victoria. -
Victoria named capital of B.C.
On July 20, 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of the Dominion of Canada and Victoria was proclaimed the Capital City. The achievement of Confederation was no simple undertaking. The colonial legislative Council had for weeks in March, 1870, debated the terms of union and, agreement reached, three delegates were appointed to negotiate with the federal government. -
Economic depression in BC
Its during The Great Depression, because of the new founded government, lots of things needs money. Also this is one of the reason why BC joins Canada because central government provides funding. -
First Lieutenant governor of BC is Joseph Trutch
Trutch was the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia following Confederation, a position he retained from 1871–1876. Following his tenure as lieutenant governor, Trutch was appointed a "Dominion agent for British Columbia", and helped to oversee the construction of the CPR in the province. -
B.C. became 6th Canadian province
Yeah Finally BC joins Canada, too much significance, because BC is a pretty important province in canada, population ranked 3rd and GDP ranked 4th... -
Richard Blanshard
Richard Blanshard MA (19 October 1817 – 5 June 1894) was an English barrister and first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island from its foundation in 1849 to his resignation in 1851.
At the age of 32, a personal connection helped secure Blanshard the post of colonial governor of Vancouver Island. Although the commission was dated in July, 1849, Blanshard did not arrive in the colony's capital of Fort Victoria until March of the following year. -
James Douglas
Sir James Douglas KCB (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877) was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (B.C.) in northwestern North America, now part of Canada. Douglas had started working in Canada at age 16 for the North West Company, and later for the Hudson's Bay Company, becoming a high-ranking company officer. In the trade he was known as a Scottish West Indian. -
John Mcloughlin
Dr. John McLoughlin, baptized Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857) was a Chief Factor and Superintendent of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver from 1824 to 1845. He was later known as the "Father of Oregon" for his role in assisting the American cause in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest. In the late 1840s his general store in Oregon City was famous as the last stop on the Oregon Trail. -
Joseph Trutch
Sir Joseph William Trutch, KCMG (18 January 1826 – 4 March 1904) was an English-born Canadian engineer, surveyor and politician.In 1870, Trutch's brother John married the sister of the colonial governor Anthony Musgrave. Trutch and Musgrave became close. Following the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in 1867 they worked together to negotiate British Columbia's entry, which occurred in 1871 after they secured a promise for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). -
Frederick Seymour
Frederick Seymour (6 September 1820 – 10 June 1869) was a colonial administrator. He served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866, and the first governor of the union of the two colonies, also named the Colony of British Columbia from 1866 to 1869.
