Governor James Douglas

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Governor James Douglas was the colonial governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia who played a key role in administering and responding to the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governor
human
appliesToPosition Governor of British Columbia
Governor of British Columbia
surface form: Governor of Vancouver Island
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
burialPlace Ross Bay Cemetery
countryGoverned Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
surface form: Colony of British Columbia

Colony of Vancouver Island
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1803-08-15
dateOfDeath 1877-08-02
employer Hudson's Bay Company
endTime 1864
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Douglas
fieldOfWork colonial governance
fur trade
givenName James
honorificTitle Sir
languageSpoken Cree
English
French
nickname Father of British Columbia
notableEvent Cariboo Gold Rush
notableWork administration of the Cariboo Gold Rush
establishment of colonial law and order during gold rushes
founding and development of Victoria, British Columbia
negotiation of treaties with Indigenous peoples on Vancouver Island
occupation colonial administrator
fur trader
participantIn expansion of British sovereignty on the Pacific Northwest coast
placeOfBirth British Guiana
surface form: Demarara, British Guiana
placeOfDeath Victoria, British Columbia
positionHeld Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company
Governor of British Columbia
Governor of Vancouver Island
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Victoria, British Columbia
surface form: Victoria, Vancouver Island
sexOrGender male
spouse Amelia Connolly
startTime 1851
1858

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Cariboo Gold Rush associatedWith Governor James Douglas
Cariboo Road initiatedBy Governor James Douglas