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"Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company's establishment"; published in the Illustrated London News
This illustration of Hudson’s Bay Company’s establishment on Vancouver Island was published in The Illustrated London News in 1848. It shows Fort Victoria, accessible through Victoria Harbour and is useful in providing us with an insight into the…
The Daily British Colonist (1860-09-25)
This is a page from the newspaper, The Daily British Colonist on 25/09/1860. The newspaper is based in Victoria, Vancouver Island, including a variety of sections, such as, ‘Advertisements’, ‘Miscellaneous’, ‘Notices’, ‘Removals’, ‘Auction’, ‘Dry &…
Letter from Pelly to Grey
The latter denotes an enquiry to British governance, by a representative of the Hudson Bay company, about the situation of their company and its Fur trading rights in relation to the 1846 Oregon treaty and the land acquitted to British territory. The…
Honolulu Harbor
This panoramic photograph shows Honolulu harbor with five American naval ships and a passenger boat to the far left of the photograph. To the right of the panoramic shot a Hawaiian sailing ship can be seen entering the harbor with a smaller rowing…
Letter from Blanshard to Earl Grey
This letter from Richard Blanshard to Earl Grey discusses the lack of any new discoveries of gold or coal, and the competition that could soon arise from Oregon. Within the letter, Blanshard states that despite no coal has been discovered, the miners…
British Columbia railway belt
The source is a map showing the railway belt across British Columbia.
The map contains a coloured key showing the different areas of the land. For example, Indian reserves, forest reserves and parks and most significantly the land disposed of by…
The map contains a coloured key showing the different areas of the land. For example, Indian reserves, forest reserves and parks and most significantly the land disposed of by…
Log Cabin during the Gold Rush
This image shows a number of miners standing within a small settlement, with a dog sledge ready to pull someone away. As well as showing the living conditions, this image also provides an example of the types of transport used. Dogsledding could be…
Traits of American-Indian Life and Character, by a Fur Trader
‘Traits of American-Indian Life and Character, by A Fur Trader’ is a first-hand account of life in nineteenth century British Columbia, by Peter Skeen Ogden (1794-1854). Ogden was a Canadian explorer and an employee of Hudson’s Bay Company, and he…
Indians and Fur Traders Meeting
This is a watercolour painting of Indians and Fur Traders meeting, by Peter Grant in the early nineteenth century. It is clearly visible that this meeting is somewhere with flowing water access in British Columbia as the landscape is in the forefront…
Street cars and taxi cars on Hastings street
A photograph of Hastings Street in Vancouver. It shows the transport of the time consisting of: trams, horse drawn carts and automobiles. Along the pavements of the roads are scores of people, with those moving quickly being slightly burred in the…