Soon after, the Gold Rush attracted tens of thousands of people to the interior of B. In , the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed, opening the country from east to west. The railway increased trade and the movement of people and resources from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
The 20 th century was a time of expansion and growth. Major dams were built to power a growing province. The TransCanada highway was completed, allowing for easier movement of goods and services. Many people moved to B. In , over 20, determined prospectors many from California, where the gold rush of had petered out came from the HBC stockade of Fort Victoria and up the Fraser River in search of recently discovered gold on the Fraser River.
Soon, instant towns sprang up and grew to become flourishing boomtowns. The legacy of these prospectors can be found in the many Ghost Towns that dot the Interior today. In response to the frenzied discovery and mining of gold, the British Government quickly created the mainland colony of British Columbia in In the colony of Vancouver Island was combined with the colony of British Columbia, with Victoria becoming the provincial capital of British Columbia on April 2 In , with the promise of completing the Canadian Pacific Railway by , British Columbia was lead into confederation, rather than join the United States to the south, with Victoria as the seat of Government.
Gold discoveries continued, with gold being found in the Peace River in The Cariboo Wagon Road was constructed from the town of Yale to the boomtown of Barkerville, which in in its heyday was the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Fransisco. Completed in , the Cariboo Wagon Road opened up the British Columbia Interior, with mule trains and stagecoaches plying the route, and roadhouses and boomtowns dotting the roadside.
Gold was discovered further north, placing Dawson Creek on the brink of the huge Klondike Gold Rush of The mining industry, the railway, and the geology of the land have all contributed to the history and development of British Columbia. The rise and fall of many settlements can be attributed to the route of the railway, while natural features, such as the abundance of hot springs in the BC Rockies, have been responsible for the eventual growth of resort towns.
The colony then sent a three-man delegation to Ottawa to negotiate the terms of entry. Federal leaders insisted on BC having responsible government if it became a province.
They agreed to provide pensions for unelected local officials who would lose their positions in the process. The terms were passed by both the BC assembly and the federal Parliament in Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway , a central condition of the deal, was finally started in after many delays. It was finished in See also The Last Spike. The Spoilt Child of Confederation: Segment 3 An article that describes how two prime ministers struggled to come up with a workable route for the final leg of the transcontinental railway through British Columbia.
From the BC Notaries website. From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. British Columbia: The Spoilt Child of Confederation: Segment 2 An article about the acrimonious relations between then colony British Columbia and Ottawa over the construction of the transcontinental railway and terms of Confederation. Focuses on how language rights issues were resolved in various regions of the country. From the University of Ottawa. Also includes an overview of the role of the transcontinental railway in convincing British Columbia to become a part of Canada.
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