September 2, 2025Owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, the S.S. Beaver is the first steamship to operate off the BC coast. The…- September 2, 2025Fort Victoria is established to protect British interests from the Americans.
- September 2, 2025The Oregon Treaty divides British and American sovereignty along the 49th parallel from the Rockies to the West Coast. The…
- September 2, 2025Pender Island becomes part of the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island (with Victoria as the capital), after which it unites…
- September 2, 2025First of 14 Aboriginal Land Treaties (the Douglas Treaties) are signed. Indigenous Peoples view them as land-sharing and peace agreements,…
- September 2, 2025The first 7-member House of Assembly is elected for the Colony of Vancouver Island. Among them is Métis fur trader,…
September 2, 2025Captain 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, 2025Gold is discovered in the Cariboo region and the Fraser River gold rush begins, prompting the British to assert control…
- September 2, 2025Much of South Pender is granted to John Tod, an HBC fur trader and member of Vancouver Island's first Legislative…
- September 2, 2025First known smallpox epidemic kills at least 30% of Pacific Northwest First Nations.
