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James cook first came into contact with the Nuu-chah-nult and found out that they were already familiar with iron and its uses.
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Lord selkirk was given a land grant known as assiniboia.
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In 1821 the HBC and NWC united under the name of the Hudsons bay company.
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In 1840 about 4000 Metis lived in the Red River area. Metis are people of mixed and first nation and European ancestry.
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Population at the red river increased to 5000.
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In 1843 douglas built Fort Victoria the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
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In 1846, the the Treaty of washington established the boundary between American and British territory.
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The mainland territory was called New calidonia.
European settlement there consisted consisted of Hudson's Bay Company fur forts. -
During this time period governer James Douglas negotiated 14 small treatieswith the First Nations on vancouver island.
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In 1858 when the townspeople were leaving church 450 miners arrived on the paddlewheel steamer and by that night Fort Victoria was transformed into a bustling tent city full of men on their way to the goldfields on the mainland.
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The mainland (New caledonia) became a british colony.
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By 1858 the Hudson's Bay company had purchased over 20 kilograms of gold.
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The 1858 gold rush on the lower Fraser River brought over 30,000 miners to New Calidonia.
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Many gold miners were from the united states of america
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In 1859 some of the hardier more hopeful prospectors ventured northward up the fraser river to the Quesnel river in the cariboo mountains region.
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Billy Barker arrived at Williams Creek during the summer of 1862 to find thousands of miners busy working at their claims. Billy selected a location away from all the other successful claims and him and his parteners sank a crude oil mine.
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In 1866 the colonies of Vancouver Islandand British Columbia. The capital of the united colony was New Westminister.