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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1670	HBC	In 1670 the Hudson's bay company was created they shipped furs back to Europe and would become the largest fur traders.
01/01/1670	rupert land was created	With the creation of the HBC the area around Hudson's Bay was granted to the company and was called Rupert's Land.
01/01/1713	seven years' war	In 1713 france started to fisht for control in north america. this lasted 46 years and ended in 1759.
01/01/1774	pacific coast	In 1774 the spanish, english, russian, and the hbc started to explore the west coast.
01/01/1775	loyalists	With the struggle for power in current day USA british loyalists escaped to find a better life in Canada. In the end over 100 000 loyalists made the move.
01/01/1800	West coast fur trade	In the late 1700s and early 1800s fur traders came into contact with first nations and fur trade was expanded to the west coast.
01/01/1812	war of 1812	In 1812 war began between the US and Canada, the war lasted for 2 years and there were no winners. The war greatly discouraged immigration from Britan.
01/01/1812	red river	Lord Selkirk was a scottish man who travelled to Canada and wanted to rent land for farming to europeans for litle money, in 1812 the British government granded him a plot of land on the red river known as Assiniboia.
01/01/1827	Fort Langley	Built on the Fraser river Fort Langley was the main HBC trading post on the west coast. The products were exported to Europe, the Hawaiian islands, and california.
01/01/1846	free trade	In 1846 the British introduced free trade. This allowed for businesses to pay no tax when they shipped goods to Britan from the British Atlantic colonies.
01/01/1849	Vancouver	Vancouver Island becomes a British colony.
01/01/1858	Gold struck	In the 1850s gold was discovered on the west coast, by the late 50s gold miners from around the world travelled there, some struck it rich others were skunked. The surge of miners drove up the populations and business.
01/01/1862	Barkreville	Billy Barker had some of the best luck in the gold rush, in an area not known to produce gold he found over $600 000 in gold. To recognize him the miners created a town called Barkerville.