Here you will find a brief summary on the family history of Sir James Douglas, a Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader who became the second Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia during the mainland's 1858 gold rush.

Photograph: Sir James Douglas, Photographer: G.R. Fardon, 1863. BC Archives     A-01232 

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