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The name Victoria Day was selected by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, who wanted to avoid an imperialist name that would antagonize French Canadians. [14] The Crown-in-Council, the following year, designated May 24 as the official birthday of King Edward VII. [15] Victoria Day celebrations at Queen's Park, in Toronto, 1910
With the signing of the Treaty of Washington in 1846, which established the US border along the 49th parallel, the HBC moved the headquarters of its western operations from Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River (present day Vancouver, Washington) to the newly established Fort Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
On the day of the vote, one member of the assembly, William Cox (one of the colony's Gold Commissioners and a Victoria supporter), shuffled the pages of the speech that William Franklyn from Nanaimo (a New Westminster supporter) intended to give, so that Franklyn lost his place and read the first paragraph three times. Cox then popped the ...
1792 – Captain George Vancouver spends one day on the site which, almost 100 years later, would bear his name. ... with the capital at Victoria. 1867
Location: Vancouver, Washington and Oregon City, Oregon, USA: Nearest city: Vancouver, Washington, and Oregon City, Oregon: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 207 acres (84 ha) [2]: Established: June 19, 1948 (national monument) June 30, 1961 (national historic site): Visitors: 710,439 (in 2011) [3]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site: Fort Vancouver ...
In 1986, the Prince and Princess of Wales toured British Columbia, visiting Vancouver to open Expo 86 (on 2 May 1986), as well as Victoria, Prince George, Kamloops and Nanaimo. [ 116 ] In 1991, the Prince and Princess of Wales toured Ontario; in Toronto, they returned to the Royal Yacht Britannia where their two sons, Princes William and Harry ...
The Clark County Historical Museum has been located in the 1909 Carnegie library of Vancouver, WA since May 24, 1964. The Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, Washington, is located in a 1909 Carnegie library and is operated by the Clark County Historical Society, established in 1917.
In the Vancouver, B.C. area, 1903–1910. In the Victoria, B.C. area 1910–1911. On the Fraser River, 1911–1923. 1898 and 1903-1923 Foundered in the Fraser River in 1923. Built in 1898 by the C.P. Ry. at Vancouver. Not used under W.P.&Y.R. ownership. Hancock: Samuel Crowell: brig: 94 tons [2] United States: Samuel Crowell, Joseph Cordis, and ...