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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) abstract "Fort Victoria was a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the headquarters of HBC operations in British Columbia. The fort was the beginnings of a settlement that eventually grew into the modern Victoria, British Columbia, the capital city of British Columbia.The headquarters of HBC operations on the Pacific Coast of North America at the time of Victoria's founding was Fort Vancouver, on the lower Columbia River, but it had struggled for years to turn a profit; its location was difficult to defend, inaccessible to ships and too far from the lucrative furs in New Caledonia. With American settlers pouring into the region, in 1843, the company sent James Douglas to build a fort some distance north on Vancouver Island and made him its Chief Factor. The signing of the Oregon Treaty in 1846, settled the matter of Fort Vancouver’s further suitability. Erected in 1843 on a site originally called Camosun (a variant of the Lekwungen word "Camossung", the name of a girl turned into stone by the spiritual being Hayls to watch over the resources in what is now known as the Gorge Waterway.) The fort was known briefly as "Fort Albert", though the name Fort Camosun continued in use until 1846, when it was renamed in honour of the Queen. The Fort was built using labour from local first nations people, who were paid one Hudson’s Bay blanket for every 40 pickets they cut. The Songhees people soon established a village across the harbour from the fort. The Songhees' village was later moved to the north shore of Esquimalt Harbour. In 1844, a dispute led to a gathering of warriors led by Tzouhalem, a Quamichan chief, who peppered the fort with threats and musket balls for two days until the fort's Chief Factor Roderick Finlayson demonstrated the power of the fort's nine-pounder cannon.Fort Victoria was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924.".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) location Canada.
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) location Victoria,_British_Columbia.
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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) built "1843".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) caption "Inside Fort Victoria, looking out the East Gate".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) controlledby Hudson’s_Bay_Company.
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) demolished "November 1864".
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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) location "in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada".
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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) subject Category:Forts_in_Canada.
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) subject Category:History_of_Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) subject Category:Hudson's_Bay_Company.
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) subject Category:Hudson's_Bay_Company_trading_posts.
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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) comment "Fort Victoria was a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the headquarters of HBC operations in British Columbia.".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) label "Fort Victoria (British Columbia)".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) label "Fort Victoria".
- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) label "维多利亚堡 (不列颠哥伦比亚省)".
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- Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia) name "Fort Victoria se".