Hudson's Bay Company had collected gold in small quantities from First Nations in New Caledonia.-During the 1850's, 424,000 British and 914,000 Irish would come to America.
Sewing machine invented-First double decker bus used in transit.-Gold found in New South Wales, Australia.-Sir James Douglas was appointed the second governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island.
Americans ascending the Columbia River discover gold in British territory.
News of gold on the Thompson River leaks out. By the summer of 1857, miners arrive on Fraser and Thompson Rivers from Washington and Oregon.
Sir James Douglas, worried about the Americans claiming British territory in the Cariboo
-Gold Rush brought immigrants from Hong Kong to the port of Victoria
Cariboo Gold Rush bring men and women from all over to the Cariboo.
British North American Act establishes Dominion of Canada.