Russians

RUSSIANS were among the earliest explorers and traders on the Northwest Coast. They trapped furs and traded from their base in Alaska (see FUR TRADE, MARITIME), although Spain and Britain prevented them from establishing settlements on the BC coast. Russia's presence on the West Coast ended completely with the sale of Alaska to the US in 1867. The first Russian immigrants to BC were left-leaning political emigrés from the Tsarist regime. In 1909 a socialist club, the Russian Progressive Club,...

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