between the Colony and the Dominion were finally
agreed upon and on July 20, 1871, British Columbia
became a Province of the Dominion of Canada with
J. W. Trutch as its first Lieutenant-Governor.

One of the chief agreements contingent upon
British Columbia entering the confederation, was that
Canada was to complete within ten years, a railway
to connect the Pacifc seaboard with the Eastern rail-
way system. This was duly completed, and was
responsible for a great immigration of settlers chiefly
from the Old Land and America—who pioneered the
many cities today dotted all over the Province.
There was quite a discussion as to the route of the
railway over the Rockies, but ultimately, the Kicking
Horse Pass was decided on, and is today used by
the Canadian Pacific transcontinental lines. Whilst
the terms of agreement called for completion of the
railway to Port Moody, the company saw the oppor-
tunities for business in extending it west to what was
then known as Granville, now the present Vancouver.

From the outset regarded as the City of Destiny,
it was incorporated in April, 1886, ond two months
later was razed by fire. The old was swept away
and replaced by new and better. From that day,
the growth of Vancouver has been steadily increas-
ing until, from a mere accumulation of flimsy wooden

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