Chapter 3: Colonies in the Wilderness
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Canada was not the developed, prosperous country it would eventually become. Its vast spaces, often rocky and forbidding to farmers, and its cold winters made northern and western Canada far less attractive to settlers than the United States. For many years, these regions, including B.C., were inhabited by the Native peoples and a small group of daring fur traders, and no one else.
In the east, Canada was certainly growing. The population of Upper Canada (now southern and eastern Ontario) had risen rapidly after the end of the War of 1812, as immigrants from Europe and the U.S. arrive to take advantage of cheap land. |
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