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Crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866 that was founded by Richard Clement Moody, who was selected to 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific', who was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
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British Columbia
15 linksWesternmost province of Canada.
Westernmost province of Canada.
The Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was subsequently founded by Richard Clement Moody, and by the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.
Richard Clement Moody
12 linksBritish governor, engineer, architect, and soldier.
British governor, engineer, architect, and soldier.
Moody, who is considered to be the founding father of British Columbia, founded the Colony of British Columbia, when he was selected to 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific' by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who desired to send to the nascent Colony 'representatives of the best of British culture' who had 'courtesy, high breeding, and urbane knowledge of the world'.
Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment
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The Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers was a contingent of the Royal Engineers of the British Army that was responsible for the foundation of British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia (1858–66).
James Douglas (governor)
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Sir James Douglas (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877), was a British Columbian fur trader and politician who became the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
New Westminster
9 linksCity in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
City in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the new-born Colony of British Columbia in 1858, and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island Colonies were merged in 1866.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
9 linksDiscovered 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.
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.
It was the catalyst for the founding of the Colony of British Columbia, the building of early road infrastructure, and the founding of many towns.
Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)
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The Colony of British Columbia was a British Crown Colony that resulted from the amalgamation of the two former colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and the mainland Colony of British Columbia.
Colony of Vancouver Island
8 linksCrown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia.
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.
To exert its legal authority, and undercut any HBC claims to the resource wealth of the mainland, the district was converted to a Crown colony on 2 August 1858, and given the name British Columbia.
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
6 linksViceregal representative of the, in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Viceregal representative of the, in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
The first British settlement in the area was the Colony of British Columbia (1858–66), of which the first lieutenant governor, from 1858 to 1863, was Richard Clement Moody, who had previously served as the first governor of the Falkland Islands.
Vancouver Island
4 linksIsland in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The economic situation of the colony declined following the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1861–1862, and pressure grew for amalgamation of the colony with the mainland colony of British Columbia (which had been established in 1858).