The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . entered by Mackenzieand traders of the Company, which in 1821 becameamalgamated with the Hudsons Bay Company. For the nexttwenty-eight years the Hudsons Bay Company ruled thisimmense territory with beneficent despotism. In 1849Vancouver Island was proclaimed a British colony. In 1858,consequent on the discovery of gold and the large influx ofminers, the mainland territory was erected into a colony underthe name of British Columbia, and in 1866 this was united withthe colony of Vancouver Island
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . entered by Mackenzieand traders of the Company, which in 1821 becameamalgamated with the Hudsons Bay Company. For the nexttwenty-eight years the Hudsons Bay Company ruled thisimmense territory with beneficent despotism. In 1849Vancouver Island was proclaimed a British colony. In 1858,consequent on the discovery of gold and the large influx ofminers, the mainland territory was erected into a colony underthe name of British Columbia, and in 1866 this was united withthe colony of Vancouver Island, under the same name. In1871 British Columbia entered the confederation and becamepart of the Dominion of Canada, sending three senators and six(now seven) members to the House of Commons of the federalparliament. One of the conditions under which the colonyentered the dominion was the speedy construction of theCanadian Pacific railway, and in 1876 the non-fulfilment of thispromise and the apparent indifference of the government atOttawa to the representations of British Columbia created ). BRITISH EAST AFRICA 6oi strained relations, whicli were only ameliorated when theconstruction of a transcontinental road was begun. In sub-sequent years the founding of the city of Vancouver by , the establishment of the first Canadian steamship lineto China and Japan, and that to Australia, together with thedisputes with the United States on the subject of pelagic seaUng,and the discovery of the Kootenay and Boundary miningdistricts, have been the chief events in the history of the —Cooks Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (London,1784); Vancouver, Voyage of Discovery to the Pacific Ocean (London,1798); H. H. Bancrofts works, vol. xxxii., History of BritishColumbia (San Francisco, 1887); Beggs History of British Columbia(Toronto, 1894); Gosnell, Year Booh (Victoria, British Columbia,1897 and 1903); Annual Reports British Columbia Board of Trade(Victoria); Annual Re
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