Vancouver’s Island

Vancouver’s Island

Fur Trade
Hudson’s Bay Company
North-West Company
Vancouver’s Island
British Columbia
British Foreign Office
Law
19th century

This British Foreign Office document, dated from March 1849, on Vancouver’s Island is an eight paged confidential document on the settlement and colonization of Vancouver’s Island. It includes the discussion of trade license laws, the North-West Territory, the Puget's Sound Company, treaties, grants and further governmental issues. In addition, there is ‘Resolutions of the Hudson’s Bay Company’ annexed, providing us with an insight into the requests of HBC for the settlement of Vancouver’s Island. This source is important and useful in providing us with information on the workings of the government and HBC, as well as the power relations between the two. The document also states the primary goal of HBC obtaining Vancouver Island, fitting into the context of the Fur Trade in nineteenth century British Columbia.

British Foreign Office

Colonial Despatches: The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

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March 1849

Tejal Mistry

The National Archives, London

English

Textual - printed government paper

19th century British Columbia