relative disuse, until revived when the new Mainland Colony needed a name. The uncharted territory of the remainder of the Columbia District, including the remainder of the British coast north of Puget Sound, as far north as at least Queen Charlotte Strait (Fort Simpson and Fort McLoughlin were administered from Fort St. James, the capital of New Caledonia). After 1846 New Caledonia informally referred to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush region in 1848 and farther north the Cariboo Gold Rush area during the 1860s. As also had included Fort Langley since as early as 1827. With the creation of the Crown Colony on the British mainland north of the then-Washington Territory in 1858, Queen Victoria chose to use Columbia District as the basis for the name Colony of British Columbia, i.e. the remaining British portion of the former Columbia District. In their British Columbia Chronicle, historians Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg coined the term "Southern Columbia" for the "lost" area south of the 49th Parallel, but this has never come into common use, even by other historians. Historical figures Samuel Black Comcomly Sir James Douglas Chief Lolo John McLoughlin Chief Nicola (Hwistesmetxe'qen) Peter Skene Ogden Alexander Ross Chief Seattle (Sealth) Sir George Simpson James Sinclair David Thompson See also Former colonies and territories in Canada Territorial evolution of Canada after 1867 Oregon Country Columbia Country Oregon boundary dispute Colony of Vancouver Island History of British Columbia History of Oregon Rupert's Land Pig War References Sources External links "Fort Vancouver Cultural Landscape Report" produced by the US National Park Service. History of the Pacific Northwest Fur trade British North America British colonization of the Americas History of the American West Oregon Country Pre-statehood history of Oregon Pre-statehood history of Washington (state) Hudson's Bay Company Divided regions