CH-0051 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Mainland British Columbia colony established
The mainland Colony of British Columbia was established in 1858. It remained separate from Vancouver Island until their union in 1866.
Not publication-ready.
- Historical place
- Mainland British Columbia
- Present-day context
- Mainland British Columbia — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- First Nations, British colonists
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- 2026-10-11
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.
No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.
Source evidence
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Parliamentary Practice: Legislative Assembly overview
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · institutional history · Review: search excerpt
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-11. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Institutional interpretation is not automatically independent corroboration. Consult nation-authored histories and underlying records before editorial approval.