B.C. Times
Rush for Spoils, 1857-1914
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Gold is discovered and changes the face of the province. People come in droves, instant towns are erected of wood logged from the surrounding forests and the province of British Columbia is born. The railroad is built with federal subsidies to the CPR and with cheap Chinese labour, native communities are decimated by smallpox and the Indian Act is made into law.