- 2026-10-08When their Saskatchewan homesteads were cancelled by the federal government, 5,000 Doukhobors led by Peter V. Verigin undertook one of…
- 2026-10-08When the boundary settlement of 1846 determined that the mouth of the Columbia would be American territory, that river became…
- 2026-10-08In 1812 David Stuart, who had traversed this region the year before, built the first post here for Astor's Pacific…
- 2026-10-08Fort Langley was built by the Hudson's Bay Company 2 1/2 miles below this site in 1827, and moved here…
- 2026-10-08In its search for unexploited fur resources the North West Company sent an expedition west of the Rockies to McLeod…
- 2026-10-08From 1878 to 1956 coast artillery installations protected the city of Victoria and the naval base at Esquimalt. Temporary batteries…
- 2026-10-08Simon Fraser and John Stuart established Fort St. James among the Carrier Indians in 1806. Originally a North West Company…
- 2026-10-08A reserve on the St. Mary's River was laid out for the Kootenay Indians in 1884, but as the district's…
- 2026-10-08The mooring rings on the rocks below are the only surviving fragment of Fort Victoria built by the Hudson's Bay…
- 2026-10-08Founded by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1845 Fort Victoria became, after 1846, the headquarters of the Company's trade in…