HIS312H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wage Labour, Fraser Valley, The Maritimes
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>> britain tried to people the west coast with british citizens. >> up to 1871 very few immigrants from great britain came. >> british colonization on th pacific coast too. >> 5 6 month voyage from britain to pacific. >> very few interested in travelling to the frontier. >> many commentators worried about what bc has becoming. >> immigrants helped a decline in aboriginal population. >> 100k 200k at time of european contact; 150 years later (1881) 27k. >> russians (1728); spain (1774); british: captain james cook (1776) >> hudson"s bay company and colonial beginnings on vancouver island. >> 1849 hbc assumes 10 year ownership of vancouver island. >> development of natural resources and farming as fur trade declined. >> established a fort at victoria = administrative centre for vancouver island. >> governor james douglas, company governor/governor of the colony at victoria (1849) >> to exploit resources immigrant workers came in. >> local labour (aboriginals on hand) for wage labour.
