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.

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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

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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