Chapter 4 - Joining Canada

The Canadian Pacific Railway, completed in 1885, connected British Columbia to the rest of Canada beyond the mountains. City of Vancouver Archives. CAN-P.218, N.224

Faced with a decision, people in British Columbia debated their future. Should they join the United States, or remain a colony of Great Britain? In the end they decided to...

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