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Vancouver Island (Colony)


  • [A British colony formed in 1849; united with British Columbia in 1866.]

  • URI(s)

  • Codes

    • n-cn-bc

  • Variants

    • Colony of Vancouver Island
    • Vancouver's Island (Colony)
    • Colony of Vancouver's Island

  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Colonies

    • Associated Locale

        Canada

  • Has Demonym

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  • Sources

    • found: Pioneer Jewish merchants of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, c1983.
    • found: Proclamation by His Excellency, James Douglas, governor and commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's colony of Vancouver's Island and its dependencies, 1858?
    • found: Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas, governor of Vancouver's Island and its dependencies ... 1967.
    • found: AMICUS, Feb. 27, 2006(Vancouver Island (Colony))
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2006(Colony of Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island was a crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with British Columbia. The colony comprised Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands of the Strait of Georgia)
    • found: The Canadian encyclopedia, via WWW, Feb. 27, 2006(Vancouver Island. The Treaty of Washington (1846) established the Island as British territory; it was made a British crown colony in 1849. It united with the mainland BC colony in 1866)
    • found: LAC internal file, March 7, 2019(labelled "Quadra and Vancouver's Island" on Captain Vancouver's chart; referred to in formal correspondence as "Vancouver's Island" by 1824; colony of Vancouver Island established in 1849; "Vancouver's Island" (with apostrophe) was the name of the Colony for about 10 years in official documents; after c1860 usually identified as "Vancouver Island" (no apostrophe); no definite authority for the change)

  • General Notes

    • [A British colony formed in 1849; united with British Columbia in 1866.]

  • Editorial Notes

    • [SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under the subject heading Vancouver Island (B.C.).]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2006-02-27: new
    • 2019-03-08: revised

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