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The city, formerly known as Fort Victoria, was established in 1843 as a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post and later became a British colony in 1858. This colonial legacy is still evident in the city’s architecture, traditions, and cultural practices.
The Victoria Road continued north of its current terminus in Uphill into what is now the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park. It then followed the Black River north-east to the Peterson Road in Vankoughnet; this part of the road fell into disuse in the late 1800s.
Mar 3, 2021 · For those living in Ontario there is an easy way to travel into the past and discover the relics of pioneer settlements and roads – to explore what is left of the province’s ‘colonization’ roads.
Jul 2, 2024 · Above all, Victoria is a city whose British heritage and colonial past can be seen clearly in its architecture, gardens, museums, urban squares, place-names, and English-style pubs. Area city, 8 square miles (20 square km); metro. area, 269 square miles (696 square km).
- Brett Mcgillivray
Victoria was chosen as the capital of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866. The decision to merge the two colonies and make Victoria the capital was made in response to a number of factors, including the growing importance of the city as a center of trade and commerce, and its central location within the region.
May 18, 2018 · Celebrating the stars: An Indigenous Walk of Fame proposed for downtown Victoria; Changing names, changing perception: Victoria faces duality of colonial history, pushes for reconciliation
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Every place in Victoria has a history of land dispossession from Indigenous peoples, whether it’s named after a surveyor or a place explicitly appropriated. Settlers have a responsibility to be honest about how they came to be in this place, and what allows them to remain here today.
