Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)
Colony of British Columbia | |||||||||||||
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| 1866–1871 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the Queen | |||||||||||||
The modern Canadian province of British Columbia has the same boundaries as its colonial predecessor. | |||||||||||||
| Status | British colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Religion | Christianity, Indigenous beliefs | ||||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1866-1871 | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1866-1869 | Frederick Seymour | ||||||||||||
• 1869-1871 | Anthony Musgrave | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | British era | ||||||||||||
• Established, by merger with Colony of Vancouver Island | 19 November 1866 | ||||||||||||
• Entered Canadian Confederation | 20 July 1871 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | British Columbia dollar | ||||||||||||
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The Colony of British Columbia was a British Crown Colony that resulted from the 1866 merger of two British colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and the mainland Colony of British Columbia. The united colony existed until its incorporation into Canadian Confederation in 1871 as the Province of British Columbia.