Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
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The Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago formerly of the same name (currently named Haida Gwaii) from 1853 to July 1863, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia
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The Queen Charlotte Colony was created by the Colonial Office in response to the increase in American marine trading activity resulting from the gold rush on Moresby Island
in 1851. No separate administration or capital for the colony was ever established, as its only officer or appointee was James Douglas
, who was simultaneously Governor of Vancouver Island.
Colony of British Columbia
The Colony of British Columbia was a crown colony in British North America from 1858 until 1866. At its creation, it physically constituted approximately half the present day Canadian province of British Columbia, since it did not include the Colony of Vancouver Island, the vast and still largely...
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The Queen Charlotte Colony was created by the Colonial Office in response to the increase in American marine trading activity resulting from the gold rush on Moresby Island
Queen Charlottes Gold Rush
The Queen Charlottes Gold Rush was a gold rush in the southern Queen Charlotte Islands of what is now the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 1851....
in 1851. No separate administration or capital for the colony was ever established, as its only officer or appointee was James Douglas
James Douglas (Governor)
Sir James Douglas KCB was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on Vancouver Island in northwestern North America, particularly in what is now British Columbia. Douglas worked for the North West Company, and later for the Hudson's Bay Company becoming a high-ranking company officer...
, who was simultaneously Governor of Vancouver Island.