"Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company's establishment"; published in the Illustrated London News
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Title
"Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company's establishment"; published in the Illustrated London News
Subject
Illustration
Fur Trade
19th century
Hudson’s Bay Company
Harbour
Vancouver Island
Fort Victoria
Victoria
British Columbia
Fur Trade
19th century
Hudson’s Bay Company
Harbour
Vancouver Island
Fort Victoria
Victoria
British Columbia
Description
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 infrastructure of forts, specifically popular fur trading forts, during the nineteenth century in British Columbia. At a time when HBC was profoundly growing as the monopoly of the Fur Trade and would be granted the colony of Vancouver Island, it can be useful in analysing the wider context of landscape, accessibility, art and Hudson’s Bay Company as a business. Furthermore, it can be used to analyse the representations of British Columbia from the British view point.
Creator
The Illustrated London News, London, England
Publisher
BC Archives
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/vancouvers-island-hudsons-bay-companys-establishment-published-in-illustrated-london-news
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/vancouvers-island-hudsons-bay-companys-establishment-published-in-illustrated-london-news
Date
18 August 1948
Contributor
Tejal Mistry
Rights
The Illustrated London News, London, England
Language
N/A
Type
Visual - illustration
Identifier
19th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
The Illustrated London News, London, England, “"Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company's establishment"; published in the Illustrated London News,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 9, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/49.