- 2026-10-08Promoted by Perry Collins, the U.S. Commercial Agent in Russia, and dependent on the Western Union Telegraph Company's money, men…
- 2026-10-08The "Last Spike" of this railway was driven 7th November, 1885, and on the following day the first transcontinental train…
- 2026-10-08The Congregation Emanu-el Synagogue was built in 1863, just five years after the arrival of the first members of Victoria's…
- 2026-10-08Built for coal magnate Robert Dunsmuir, Craigdarroch symbolized the desire of late 19th-century industrialists to assert their social position through…
- 2026-10-08In 1853-56, Kenneth McKenzie built this house for the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company.…
- 2026-10-08Built in 1854-1855, Craigflower Schoolhouse was one of several established and paid for by Vancouver Island's colonial administration. It was…
- 2026-10-08The province of British Columbia was created on July 20, 1871. Formerly a crown colony established by the union in…
- 2026-10-08Prominent Japanese Canadian Tomekichi “Tomey” Homma fought a landmark legal battle in 1900–1903 against a provision of the British Columbia…
- 2026-10-08Scottish-born botanist David Douglas identified over 200 new plant species in North America, including the famous Douglas fir. Primarily a…
- 2026-10-08Competition for furs had forced the North West Company to expand to the Pacific Slope by 1800. To avoid costly…