It was just another day on Vancouver's Island & the good people of Victoria went to Church. At the end of the service they saw a ship landing prospectors from San Francisco on the beach.
The none native population of the colony had Just Doubled!
In what today is British Columbia the total none native population went from under 700 to over 30,000 the year was 1858!
From that time to today, people have come here to better their lot in life.
They built thousands of camps, towns and some Cities.
Furs, Mining, Logging, Fishing & Whaling all these industries and more built communities.
Folks called these places Home, raised families and buried loved ones.
Some grew into great Cities like Phoenix BC.
This site helps to keep alive the places people called home town, but now mostly gone & forgotten...
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Simon Fraser, Alexander Mackenzie and David Thompson
did not work for the Hudson's Bay Company, so who did they work for?
We had our own Police force in British Columbia for 98 years what was their name?
BC came very close to War with the United States over the killing of a pig. True or False?
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|  | 188 Mile Road House and post office on the Cariboo
Wagon Road, yep it's seen better days... |
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