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James Douglas's Life In The Vancouver Island Colony

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In the Vancouver Island, James Douglas encourage settlements and provide free lands for colonists. But most of the good lands are purchased by HBC or employees. In the British Columbia Colony, the government was more reserved. The colony was extended from the 49th parallel to 54°40’N. The engineers provide a military presence, survey the region and assist in laying out new towns and road. It also has the construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road. The life in the British Columbia was better than Vancouver Island Colony in the

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