...has stationed a gunboat at the mouth…
August 1858 CE
...has stationed a gunboat at the mouth of the Fraser in order to obtain license fees from those seeking to head upstream.
The British colonial office responds to the new situation by establishing the mainland as a crown colony on August 2, 1858, naming it the Colony of British Columbia.
The capital is established at New Westminster on the southern reaches of the Fraser.
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