The Northwest Passage’s Pacific entrance had been disproven by George Vancouver, James Cook had discovered some valuable sea otter pelt business but in the 1850s, everyone was rushing to British Columbia for….. G O L D Thousands of prospectors came to BC. They discovered more gold along the Quesnel River in the Cariboo Mountains but it was hard to get there by river. Governor Douglas decided to build a wagon road. And get camels? Why do you think they thought camels would be a good idea? Below is camel known as lady” she is the last surviving camel. “the P223. The gold rush lasted only until 1868 the newcomers stayed and built – farms and businesses. Logging as an industry started. However, the colony found itself deeply in debt. There were not enough people to pay ______ or buy ______. With the Americans having purchased Alaska from the Russians in 1867, BC had to make a choice about their future. They could: p224 1) Remain a ….. 2) become a province of…. 3) join the ….. They went to Ottawa to talk about possibly joining Canada. They made certain demands like Canada paying off their debts, wanting a road built across the prairies and receiving payments from Canada every year. Canada agreed! And decided to build something better than a road. They build the ____________________. On July 20 1871, British Columbia became the ____ province to join Canada. Prince Edward Island FINALLY joins Canada! PEI had been at the original talks about Confederation but had said no to joining.
The Northwest Passage’s Pacific entrance had been disproven by George Vancouver, James Cook had discovered some valuable sea otter pelt business but in the 1850s, everyone was rushing to British Columbia for….. G O L D Thousands of prospectors came to BC. They discovered more gold along the Quesnel River in the Cariboo Mountains but it was hard to get there by river. Governor Douglas decided to build a wagon road. And get camels? Why do you think they thought camels would be a good idea? Below is camel known as “the lady” she is the last surviving camel. P223. The gold rush lasted only until 1868 – the newcomers stayed and built farms and businesses. Logging as an industry started. However, the colony found itself deeply in debt. There were not enough people to pay ______ or buy ______. With the Americans having purchased Alaska from the Russians in 1867, BC had to make a choice about their future. They could: p224 1) Remain a ….. 2) become a province of…. 3) join the ….. They went to Ottawa to talk about possibly joining Canada. They made certain demands like Canada paying off their debts, wanting a road built across the prairies and receiving payments from Canada every year. Canada agreed! And decided to build something better than a road. They build the ____________________. On July 20 1871, British Columbia became the ____ province to join Canada. Prince Edward Island FINALLY joins Canada! PEI had been at the original talks about Confederation but had said no to joining.
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