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Description:
The Colony of British Columbia
was a
crown colony
in
British North America
from
1858
until
1871
. 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. The
Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
and the
Stikine Territory
were merged with it in
1863
, and it was amalgamated in
1866
with the
Colony of Vancouver Island
to form a further colonial entity named British Columbia, but unofficially known as the
United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
to avoid confusion.
Background
Main Article:
History of British Columbia
The explorations of
James Cook
and
George Vancouver
, and the
concessions
of
Spain
in 1794 established British claims over the coastal area north of
California
. Similar claims were established inland via the explorations of such men as
John Finlay
,
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
,
Simon Fraser
,
Samuel Black
, and
David Thompson
, and by the subsequent establishment of
fur trading
posts by the......
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