Colony of British Columbia (mainland)

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former British colony historical political entity

The Colony of British Columbia (mainland) 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 (8)

Label Occurrences
Colony of British Columbia 11
British colonial authorities in British Columbia 1
Colonial government of British Columbia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Russian America (northwest) ⓘ
surface form: Russian America

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington Territory ⓘ
capital New Westminster ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: British pound

dollar ⓘ
dateAbolished 1866-08-06 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1858-08-02 ⓘ
endTime 1866 ⓘ
establishedBy United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
firstGovernor James Douglas ⓘ
flag Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack
followedBy Colony of British Columbia (mainland) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)

United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
governmentType Crown colony ⓘ
governor Frederick Seymour ⓘ
James Douglas ⓘ
hasColonialAdministrator Colonial Office ⓘ
headOfState Queen Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
includedTerritory Cariboo region ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
surface form: Fraser River basin

Thompson-Nicola region ⓘ
surface form: Thompson River region
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
mergedWith Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
mergerResult United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
monarch Victoria ⓘ
namedAfter Columbia District ⓘ
Columbia River ⓘ
officialStatus Crown colony ⓘ
surface form: British Crown colony
partOf British Empire ⓘ
present-day British Columbia ⓘ
precededBy New Caledonia ⓘ
surface form: New Caledonia (fur district)
reasonForEstablishment Fraser Canyon Gold Rush ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
significantEvent Fraser Canyon Gold Rush ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
startTime 1858 ⓘ
todayPartOf Canada ⓘ
province of British Columbia ⓘ
usedLegalTender British Columbia dollar ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
Oregon Country → successorTerritory → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Cariboo Gold Rush → associatedWith → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial government of British Columbia
Cariboo Gold Rush → historicalRegion → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Fraser Canyon War → location → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Fraser Canyon War → countryAtTime → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → followedBy → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)
Colony of Vancouver Island → mergedInto → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Colony of Vancouver Island → successor → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Nanaimo Harbour → connectsTo → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: mainland British Columbia
New Westminster → formerCapitalOf → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Governor James Douglas → countryGoverned → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
subject surface form: James Douglas
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Cariboo Road → builtBy → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial government of British Columbia
Cariboo Road → builtFor → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colonial authorities in British Columbia
Cariboo Road → builtUnder → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)
Legislative Council of British Columbia → country → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Legislative Council of British Columbia → legislativeBodyFor → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia
Legislative Council of British Columbia → hasJurisdictionOver → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of British Columbia