Britain's Pacific outpost, leased to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1849 with its fort and capital at Victoria guarding the entrance to the Salish Sea.
Merged with the mainland into the united Colony of British Columbia in 1866, ending its short separate existence.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Colony of Vancouver Island — the shape you scrub through changes in 1849 · 1866.
The standard history of BC, covering the HBC-run Vancouver Island colony and Victoria's founding.
Broad provincial history including the separate island colony before union (broad regional context).