Victoria: The Fort by Derek Pethick is a 1968 historical account detailing the early, formative years of British Columbia's capital city. The book chronicles Victoria's rapid transformation from its origins as a remote Hudson's Bay Company fur-trading post in 1843 through the frantic expansion of the regional gold rushes. Pethick offers a well-researched exploration of the pivotal figures and economic shifts that defined the colonial era and laid the foundation for the modern urban center.

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The mists of time Explorers and fur traders The fort Governor Blanshard Governor and Chief Factor Douglas The treasure seekers The birth of the city The end of the old order Epilogue