Period: Explorers

  • September 2, 2025
    Pender Island becomes part of the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island (with Victoria as the capital), after which it unites…
  • September 2, 2025
    First of 14 Aboriginal Land Treaties (the Douglas Treaties) are signed. Indigenous Peoples view them as land-sharing and peace agreements,…
  • September 2, 2025
    The first 7-member House of Assembly is elected for the Colony of Vancouver Island. Among them is Métis fur trader,…
  • HMC Plumper

    September 2, 2025
    Captain George Henry Richards R.N. begins a survey of the Strait of Georgia in the H.M.S. Plumper during the early stages…
  • September 2, 2025
    Gold is discovered in the Cariboo region and the Fraser River gold rush begins, prompting the British to assert control…
  • September 2, 2025
    Much of South Pender is granted to John Tod, an HBC fur trader and member of Vancouver Island's first Legislative…
  • September 2, 2025
    First known smallpox epidemic kills at least 30% of Pacific Northwest First Nations.
  • September 2, 2025
    The murder of American, William Brady, and injury of his companion, John Henley, by five Quamichan at Shark Cove sandspit…
  • September 2, 2025
    The Dominion of Canada is created on July 1, 1867, but does not include British Columbia.
  • September 2, 2025
    Victoria is declared the capital of British Columbia.