British Empire in the Pacific Northwest

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The British Empire in the Pacific Northwest refers to the 18th–19th century British colonial and commercial presence along the Pacific coast of North America, centered on fur trading, maritime exploration, and territorial competition with other imperial powers.

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British Empire in the Pacific Northwest canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British overseas expansion ⓘ
colonial presence ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
appliesToPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
centeredOn Fort George (Astoria under British control) ⓘ
linked to: Fort George

Fort Kamloops ⓘ
Fort Langley ⓘ
Fort Simpson ⓘ
Fort Vancouver ⓘ
Fort Victoria ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company posts ⓘ
Royal Navy stations ⓘ
competedWith American fur traders ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
United States ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governedThrough Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company charter ⓘ
Royal Navy Pacific Station ⓘ
hasActivity cartography ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
maritime exploration ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
naval patrol ⓘ
territorial negotiation ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush ⓘ
Nootka Conventions ⓘ
linked to: Nootka Crisis

Nootka Crisis ⓘ
Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Pig War ⓘ
Royal Navy hydrographic surveys ⓘ
San Juan Islands boundary arbitration ⓘ
establishment of Fort Langley ⓘ
establishment of Fort Vancouver ⓘ
establishment of Fort Victoria ⓘ
founding of the Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
founding of the Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
signing of the Oregon Treaty ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization Church Missionary Society ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
North West Company ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ
David Thompson ⓘ
George Simpson ⓘ
George Vancouver ⓘ
James Cook ⓘ
linked to: George Vancouver

James Douglas ⓘ
John McLoughlin ⓘ
Peter Skene Ogden ⓘ
Simon Fraser ⓘ
William Bligh ⓘ
William Broughton ⓘ
involvedIndigenousPeoples Chinookan peoples ⓘ
Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Dakelh (Carrier) ⓘ
linked to: Dakelh

Gitxsan ⓘ
Haida ⓘ
linked to: Haida Nation

Interior Salish peoples ⓘ
Nisga'a ⓘ
linked to: Nisga’a

Nuu-chah-nulth ⓘ
Secwepemc (Shuswap) ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
mainCommodity beaver pelts ⓘ
coal ⓘ
gold ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
sea otter pelts ⓘ
timber ⓘ
mainEconomicFocus fur trading ⓘ
mainPort Astoria (as Fort George) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Astoria

Esquimalt ⓘ
linked to: Esquimalt, Canada

Fort Vancouver ⓘ
Nootka Sound ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
resultedIn creation of the province of British Columbia ⓘ
decline of Spanish influence in the region ⓘ
demarcation of the Canada–United States border in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
establishment of British sovereignty on the Pacific coast of Canada ⓘ
integration of the region into global trade networks ⓘ
territorialClaim Columbia District ⓘ
New Caledonia (fur trade district) ⓘ
linked to: New Caledonia

Oregon Country (partial) ⓘ
Puget Sound region ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Islands ⓘ
linked to: Haida Gwaii

San Juan Islands ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
mainland British Columbia coast ⓘ
usedLegalInstrument Nootka Conventions ⓘ
linked to: Nootka Crisis

Oregon Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of 1818 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1818

Washington Treaty of 1871 ⓘ

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Russian colonization of the Americas → interactedWith → British Empire in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ