Colony of British Columbia (mainland)

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The Colony of British Columbia (mainland) was a 19th-century British colonial territory on the Pacific coast of North America that later became part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Russian America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ
capital New Westminster ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency British pound ⓘ
linked to: Pound sterling

dollar ⓘ
dateAbolished 1866-08-06 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1858-08-02 ⓘ
endTime 1866 ⓘ
establishedBy Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
firstGovernor James Douglas ⓘ
flag Union Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followedBy Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) ⓘ
United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
governmentType Crown colony ⓘ
governor Frederick Seymour ⓘ
James Douglas ⓘ
hasColonialAdministrator Colonial Office ⓘ
headOfState Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
includedTerritory Cariboo region ⓘ
Fraser River basin ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River

Thompson River region ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
mergedWith Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
mergerResult United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
monarch Victoria ⓘ
namedAfter Columbia District ⓘ
Columbia River ⓘ
officialStatus British Crown colony ⓘ
linked to: Crown colony
partOf British Empire ⓘ
present-day British Columbia ⓘ
precededBy New Caledonia (fur district) ⓘ
linked to: New Caledonia
reasonForEstablishment Fraser Canyon Gold Rush ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent Fraser Canyon Gold Rush ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
startTime 1858 ⓘ
todayPartOf Canada ⓘ
province of British Columbia ⓘ
usedLegalTender British Columbia dollar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Colony of British Columbia (mainland) ⓘ
Oregon Country → successorTerritory → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Cariboo Gold Rush → associatedWith → colonial government of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Cariboo Gold Rush → historicalRegion → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Fraser Canyon War → location → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Fraser Canyon War → countryAtTime → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → followedBy → Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Colony of Vancouver Island → mergedInto → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Colony of Vancouver Island → successor → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Nanaimo Harbour → connectsTo → mainland British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
New Westminster → formerCapitalOf → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
James Douglas → countryGoverned → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor James Douglas
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Cariboo Road → builtBy → Colonial government of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Cariboo Road → builtFor → British colonial authorities in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Cariboo Road → builtUnder → Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Legislative Council of British Columbia → country → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Legislative Council of British Columbia → legislativeBodyFor → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Legislative Council of British Columbia → hasJurisdictionOver → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
College of New Caledonia → namedAfter → New Caledonia (historical name for part of central British Columbia) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest → governedThrough → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
United Colony of British Columbia → precededBy → Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
United Colony of British Columbia → mergedFrom → Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Frederick Seymour → placeOfWork → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Frederick Seymour → jurisdictionGoverned → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Governor General of British North America → appliesToJurisdiction → British Columbia Colony ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Colonial Canada → includesSubperiod → Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
subject linked to: colonial Canada
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Joseph William Trutch → workLocation → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Governor of British Columbia → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
Chilcotin War of 1864 → conflictWith → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Colony of British Columbia (mainland)