The history of British Columbia covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Britis
Tsimshian people c. 1892, Metlakatla
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, a Spanish naval officer who was a part of a naval expedition to the region in 1775
The seizure of James Colnett by Spanish forces, one of several incidents that led to the Nootka Crisis
Depiction of voyageurs along the Fraser River in 1808 by Charles William Jefferys
Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period. The word comes from the prefix paleo-, taken from the Ancient G
History of British Columbia
…The history of British Columbia covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day British Columbia were inhabited for…
The Paleo-Indians, also known as the Lithic peoples, are the earliest known settlers of the Americas; the period's name, the Lithic stage, derives from the appearance of lithic flaked stone tools.
The Mammut americanum (American mastodon) became extinct around 12,000–9,000 years ago due to human-related activities, climate change, or a combination of both. See Quaternary extinction event and Holocene extinction.
Diorama of a Paleoindian Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) hunting scene at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Atlatl weights and carved stone gorgets from Poverty Point