United Colony of British Columbia

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The United Colony of British Columbia was a mid-19th-century British colonial administration that unified the mainland and Vancouver Island territories on the Pacific coast of North America prior to their confederation with Canada.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
borderedBy Russian America (to the north, later Alaska) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Alaska

United States ⓘ
capital Victoria ⓘ
colonialGovernor Anthony Musgrave ⓘ
Frederick Seymour ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Act of the British Parliament ⓘ
currency British pound ⓘ
dateDissolved 1871-07-20 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1866-08-06 ⓘ
dateJoinedCanada 1871-07-20 ⓘ
endDate 1871 ⓘ
establishedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
event union of Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia ⓘ
flagUsed Union Jack ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
followedBy British Columbia ⓘ
Province of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia
governmentType Crown colony ⓘ
headOfState Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria
historicalEra Victorian era ⓘ
includedTerritory Vancouver Island ⓘ
mainland British Columbia ⓘ
joinedConfederationWith Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
mergedFrom Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
monarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity forestry ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
mining ⓘ
resource extraction ⓘ
reasonForUnion administrative efficiency ⓘ
financial difficulties of separate colonies ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resultOfDissolution British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia
significantEvent post–Fraser Canyon Gold Rush administration ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
startDate 1866 ⓘ
todayPartOf Canada ⓘ
Province of British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → followedBy → United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → mergerResult → United Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
Legislative Council of British Columbia → partOf → colonial government of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: United Colony of British Columbia
Fort Victoria → laterPoliticalEntity → Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: United Colony of British Columbia
Joseph William Trutch → partOf → colonial administration of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: United Colony of British Columbia
Governor of British Columbia → appliesToJurisdiction → Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia (after union of colonies) ⓘ
linked to: United Colony of British Columbia