HIS312H1 Lecture 7: Colonizing the West Coast
Document Summary
The hudson"s bay company and colonial beginnings on vancouver island. Abs population decline: from 200 000 to 27 000, 1730-1880. 1858, fraser river, fort hope, yales, lytton: 30 000 instantaneously. Britain trying to plant colonists on the pacific coasts, to add to uk"s colonial holdings. Cause first off took 3-6 months to get there from britain. No panama canal to get through the americas, had to travel around n. and s. america. The indigenous pop. was significant, many diverse cultures. Their presence was very obvious to the euro newcomers. British colony on the west coast was very fragile. Also time when we see the ppl from asia arriving to canada. Colonizing the west coast, 1849-1871, very brief, from founding british columbia to bc entering the canadian federation. About 100 000-200 000 abs. ppl living near colony settlement, a lot compared to the eastern. But by 1880s, only 27 000, much to do with the spread of diseases from the euros.