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The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846 – 1871

This digital archive contains the original correspondence between the British Colonial Office and the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. This project aims to digitize and publish online a complete archive of the correspondence covering the period from 1846 leading to the founding of Vancouver Island in 1849, the founding of British Columbia in 1858, the annexation of Vancouver Island by British Columbia in 1866, and up to the incorporation of B.C. into the Canadian Federation in 1871.

URL

http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/

Publication date(s)

1846 – 1871

Jurisdiction

Provincial/Territorial

Geographic coverage

British Columbia

Language(s)

English

Rights

Public domain

Access

Full public access to search and view documents in the collection

File formats

Digitizing institution

University of Victoria

Institution type

Academic library

Documents preserved long-term?

Yes

Publication source

University of Victoria

Project status

Completed

Funding source

A variety of grants funded singly or jointly by the provincial ministries of labour and education and by occasional matching grants from the federal government.

Collaborators

University of Victoria Humanities and Computing Media Centre; University of Victoria Libraries; University of Victoria Law Faculty; The Canadian Council of Archivess; Canadian Heritage; Ike Barber B.C. History Digitization Project; The National Archives (UK)

Details

1846 – 1871

E-mail

user+205@localhost.localdomain

Phone number

250-721-8566