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,
The Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors systems in British Columbia by regulating and governing the practice of land surveying in the province." The ABCLS is governed by the "Land Surveyors Act", a Provincial statute which sets out the framework within which the Association and its members operate. The ABCLS is headquartered in Sidney, British Columbia. The profession of land surveying was not regulated in British Columbia until the late 1800s. Before 1891, the provincial government recognized a cadre of professional Surveyors - many of whom had been Royal Engineers In 1890, the Association of Provincial Land Surveyors was launched during a two-day long meeting held in