Colony of Vancouver Island

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:British_colony
gptkbp:area 31,285 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Victoria
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:disbanded 1866
gptkbp:established 1849
gptkbp:event merged with Colony of British Columbia in 1866
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Richard_Blanshard
gptkb:James_Douglas
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_Vancouver_Island
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Vancouver_Island
gptkb:British_North_America
present-day Canada
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Colony_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Vancouver_Island
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population about 4,000 (1861 census)
gptkbp:predecessor Hudson's Bay Company administration
gptkbp:state gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:status crown colony
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Colony_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Vancouver_Island
gptkb:Colony_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Vancouver Island