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The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...
The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866 that was founded by Richard Clement Moody, [1] who was selected to 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific', [2] who was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
Columbia District (also referred to as Oregon Country) – (1793–1846) New Caledonia – (1808–1858) Red River Colony – (1811–1870) Province of Canada – (1841–1867) Colony of Vancouver Island – (1849–1866) Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands – (1853–1858) Colony of British Columbia, a.k.a. the Mainland Colony – (1858–1866)
The success of these malls has created significant economic growth in Richmond. Richmond Centre has become Canada's 12th most profitable mall. [49] Offices, apartment buildings, and transportation hubs have sprung up around the mall. While McArthurGlen Vancouver has been given the Best Outlet Centre 2015 award at MAPIC. [50]
Using the lure of the Canadian Pacific Railway, a transcontinental line that would unite the nation, Ottawa attracted support in the Maritimes and in British Columbia. In 1866, the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of Vancouver Island merged into a single Colony of British Columbia. After Rupert's Land was transferred to Canada by ...
Pages in category "Settlers of British Columbia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The settlement of Steveston, founded in the 1880s, [1] is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River. The early 1900s style architecture attracts both the film and tourism industries.
Hagensborg, originally named Kristiania, [1] is a unincorporated community in the Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Its census population in 2021 was 273. Its census population in 2021 was 273.