History of BC

Human beings have inhabited the place we call British Columbia for about 10,000 years. Unfortunately, far less information survives about the early centuries than about the last two. Men and women did not leave the kinds of records making it possible to reconstruct their lives in more than the broadest outlines. It was the arrival of newcomers with a penchant for record keeping that is usually seen to mark the beginning of the "history" of BC. The name BRITISH COLUMBIA is itself an artifact...

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