Tuesday, August 14, 2007

British Columbia

Much of the mainland region was originally known as New Caledonia; however, this name (duplicated in the South Pacific) was discarded by Queen Victoria in favour of British Columbia, in 1858. Columbia (after the Columbia River which was named by the American Captain Robert Gray for his ship Columbia ) had previously been loosely applied to the southern portion of the colony.

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