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Title: A dictionary, practical, theoretical and historical of commerce and commercial navigation
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: McCulloch, J. R. (John Ramsay), 1789-1864
Subjects: McCullock, John Ramsay Commerce
Publisher: London, Longmans
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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tionsfor settlements. The soil is in many places of thegreatest fertility, the river and lake teem withfish, and every variety of the best timber is foundin the greatest profusion. The winters in the provinces of Nova Scotia,Prince Edwards Island, and New Brunswick aremore severe than in Upper Canada, and they area good deal infested with fogs and mists; buttheir proximity to England, and their favourablesituation for the fishing business, give them con-siderable advantages. The province of British Columbia comprisesthe territory lying between the Rocky Mountainsand the Pacific. The average breadth of the ter-ritory is 250 miles; its length of coast line is 450.It includes Vancouvers Island (since the Act of1866) as well as Queen Charlottes Island &c. Until 1858 British Columbia formed part ofthe territory of the Hudsons Bay Company; thelicense possessed by this company giving the pro-prietors an exclusive right of trade in the region.But in this year a great discovery of gold was
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COLONIES- made here; and as a large immigration of gold-seekers took place, it became necessary, in orderto protect life and property, to establish a Govern-ment. The trading license of the Hudsons BayCompany was revoked, and a colony establishedunder 21 & 22 Vict. c. 99. Estimated populationfrom 40,600 to 50,000, of whom all but 8,360 werenatives. Near British Columbia, and lying off its south-ern boundary, is Vancouvers Island. It has anextreme length of 275 miles, and a breadth varyingfrom 40 to 50 miles. Its capital is Victoria, a freeport. The area is estimated roughly at about15,000 square miles. Vancouvers Island waserected into a British colony in 1859 ; and as coalis found here, it is probably destined to be ofgreat significance as a trading station. Vancou-vers Island is mountainous, the highest pointsreaching 16,000 feet. The soil is fertile, andthe climate, though of the same character withthat of southern England, nevertheless contrastsfavourably with it. Estimated po

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