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Fort Victoria was erected by Hudson’s Bay Company in 1843. Here the Colony of Vancouver’s Island was inaugurated by Richard Blanshard in 1850. Vancouver’s Island and British Columbia united in 1866, and two years later Victoria became the capital of British Columbia.
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