Patrick A. Dunae, Volunteer Researcher and former director of the Vancouver Island Local History Society British Columbia joined Confederation and became the sixth province of Canada on July 20th 1871. The confederation agreement was based on Terms of Union negotiated in Ottawa between the Colony of BC and the Dominion of Canada. Joseph Trutch, Peter […]
The Terms of Union Read More »
Dr. Kelly Black, Executive Director As Wet’suwet’en people and their supporters resist the incursion of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Coastal Gas Link into their territories, I am reminded that there is a direct link between these events and our historic house museum in Victoria, 1200 kilometers away. Point Ellice House was home
‘The Progress of the Country’: Peter O’Reilly in Wet’suwet’en Territories Read More »
