A report on Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)
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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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
5 linksEnglish writer and politician.
English writer and politician.
Moody was charged to establish British order and transform the newly established Colony of British Columbia (1858–66) into the British Empire's "bulwark in the farthest west" and "found a second England on the shores of the Pacific."
Oregon Treaty
5 linksTreaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. 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.
Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. 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.
The British portion remained unorganized until 1858, when the Colony of British Columbia was set up as a result of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and fears of the re-asserted American expansionist intentions.
New Caledonia (Canada)
6 linksFur-trading district of the Hudson's Bay Company that comprised the territory of the north-central portions of present-day British Columbia, Canada.
Fur-trading district of the Hudson's Bay Company that comprised the territory of the north-central portions of present-day British Columbia, Canada.
The name given the new entity was the Colony of British Columbia, and a new capital, New Westminster was established on the southern reaches of the Fraser River.
Lytton, British Columbia
4 linksVillage of about 250 residents in southern British Columbia, Canada, on the east side of the Fraser River and primarily the south side of the Thompson River, where it flows southwesterly into the Fraser.
Village of about 250 residents in southern British Columbia, Canada, on the east side of the Fraser River and primarily the south side of the Thompson River, where it flows southwesterly into the Fraser.
This event was held as part of the Village of Lytton's BC150 celebrations, which marked the 150th anniversary of the date that the community received its name, in addition to the province-wide celebration of the establishment of the original Colony of British Columbia on August 2, 1858.
Yale, British Columbia
4 linksUnincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The unrest threatened the rule of the Crown over the Mainland (or "New Caledonia" as it was called before the creation of the mainland colony.
Royal Engineers
2 linksCorps of the British Army.
Corps of the British Army.
The Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, which was commanded by Colonel Richard Clement Moody, was responsible for the foundation and settlement of British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia.
Columbia District
5 linksFur trading district in the Pacific Northwest region of British North America in the 19th century.
Fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest region of British North America in the 19th century.
With the creation of the Crown Colony on the British mainland north of the then-Washington Territory in 1858, Queen Victoria chose to use Columbia District as the basis for the name Colony of British Columbia, i.e. the remaining British portion of the former Columbia District.
Hope, British Columbia
2 linksDistrict municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
District municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Hope became part of the new British colony of British Columbia when it was created on 2 August 1858.
Fort Langley
2 linksVillage community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
Village community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
As Simpson feared, when the Oregon Boundary Dispute was finally settled in 1846, the border was established as 49 N. In the days before the Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia united, Governor Sir James Douglas chose Fort Langley to be the provisional colonial capital.
Stickeen Territories
1 linksA territory of British North America whose brief existence began July 19, 1862, and concluded July of the following year.
A territory of British North America whose brief existence began July 19, 1862, and concluded July of the following year.
The new territory, named after the Stikine River, was under the responsibility of the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas, who was appointed "Administrator of the Stickeen Territories" and under British law, within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.