Table of Contents

Figures Tables Acknowledgements 1. Companies, Colonialism and Frontiers in the New World 2. Settlement and Society of Vancouver Island Colony 3. Indigenous Peoples and the Hudson’s Bay Company on Vancouver Island 4. The Economy of Vancouver Island Colony 5. Company, Crown and Governors 6. The Hudson’s Bay Company Governance of Vancouver Island 7. Vancouver Island, Western Canada and the Outside World 8. Conclusion: Company, Colony, Island and Frontier Appendix 1. Archives: ‘yours to explore’ Appendix 2. Abbreviations Appendix 3. Dramatis Personae Appendix 4. First Nation Names Notes Index

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The story is one that will engage all those with an interest in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company, Canadian history, and colonial endeavour.

About the Author

Stephen Royle is Professor of Island Geography and Director of the Centre of Canadian Studies at Queen's University, Belfast. A Member of the Royal Irish Academy, he is the author of a number of books including 'The Company's Island' (I.B.Tauris, 2007).