British Columbia

BRITISH COLUMBIA was chosen as the name for the new colony created on 19 Nov 1858. The mainland area comprising the colony had been known as NEW CALEDONIA to the FUR TRADERS active there and at first it was suggested that this name be given to the new jurisdiction. In a letter to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, the British colonial secretary, Queen Victoria gave her reasons for choosing British Columbia instead. "If the name of New Caledonia is objected to as being already borne by another colony or...

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