Columbia District

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administrative region fur trading district historical region

The Columbia District was a vast fur-trading and administrative region of the Pacific Northwest controlled by the Hudson’s Bay Company during the 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Columbia District (historical region)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region ⓘ fur trading district ⓘ historical region ⓘ
approximateEndDate	1846 ⓘ
approximateStartDate	1821 ⓘ
borderDefinedBy	Oregon Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Fort Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonTradeLanguages	Chinook Jargon NERFINISHED ⓘ French ⓘ various Indigenous languages ⓘ
connectedTo	Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ York Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ
containedRegion	parts of present-day Alberta ⓘ parts of present-day British Columbia ⓘ parts of present-day Montana ⓘ parts of present-day Wyoming ⓘ present-day Idaho ⓘ present-day Oregon ⓘ present-day Washington ⓘ
controlledBy	Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryClaimedBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputedBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	beaver pelt trade ⓘ maritime fur trade connections ⓘ
governedBy	chief factor of Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ
majorPost	Fort Colvile NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort George NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Langley NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Nisqually NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlappedWith	Oregon Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Hudson's Bay Company fur trade empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	North West Company operations in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
successor	British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert's Land (for some administrative functions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
transportRoute	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ Fraser River NERFINISHED ⓘ Okanagan Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	colonial administration ⓘ fur trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → namedAfter → Columbia District ⓘ

Government of Oregon Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Columbia District ⓘ

this entity surface form: Columbia District (historical region)

John McLoughlin → workLocation → Columbia District ⓘ