Colony of Vancouver Island

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19th-century polity British colony former colony

The Colony of Vancouver Island was a 19th-century British colonial territory on the Pacific coast of North America that later became part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Colony of Vancouver Island canonical 4
Vancouver Island colony (for British territories on the coast) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century polity ⓘ
British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
borderedBy Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Georgia

Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
capital Fort Victoria ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
charteredTo Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
endDate 1866-11-19 ⓘ
establishedBy Royal charter ⓘ
flagBearer Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack
governmentType Crown colony ⓘ
governor Arthur Edward Kennedy ⓘ
James Douglas ⓘ
Richard Blanshard ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislature Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island ⓘ
legislatureEstablished 1856 ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locatedOn Vancouver Island ⓘ
majorSettlement Nanaimo ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
mergedInto Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
surface form: Colony of British Columbia
monarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
namedAfter Vancouver Island ⓘ
namedFor George Vancouver ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
present-day British Columbia ⓘ
precededBy Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) ⓘ
surface form: Hudson's Bay Company fur-trade district
presentIn Canada ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereign British Crown ⓘ
startDate 1849-01-13 ⓘ
successor Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
surface form: Colony of British Columbia
todayPartOf Canada ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: Province of British Columbia

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → borderedBy → Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → mergedWith → Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) → successorAdministrativeUnit → Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company)
this entity surface form: Vancouver Island colony (for British territories on the coast)
Governor James Douglas → countryGoverned → Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
subject surface form: James Douglas