Fort Victoria (British Columbia) Fort Victoria (British Columbia) Fort Victoria began as a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company and was the headquarters of HBC operations in the Columbia District, a large fur trading area now part of the province of British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. state of Washington. Construction of Fort Victoria in 1843 highlighted the beginning of a permanent British settlement now known as Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. The fort itself was demolished in November 1864 as the town continued to grow as a commercial centre serving the local area as well as trading with California,
Oliver, British Columbia (0.74%), Hungarian (0.74%), Russian (0.53%), and Ukrainian (0.53%). Oliver has a semi-arid climate (BSk) with hot, dry summers and cool winters. Oliver, British Columbia Oliver is a town near the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of over 4,000 people. It is located along the Okanagan River by Tuc-el-nuit Lake between Osoyoos and Okanagan Falls, and is labeled as the Wine Capital of Canada by Tourism British Columbia. The community of Oliver is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District