to Barkerville through extremely hazardous canyon territory. The Cariboo road was also called the "Queen's Highway" and the "Great North Road". Near the end of his term as governor, Douglas was criticized for not developing the colony as a self-governing body. His only political reform had been to initiate an elected Legislative Council. His argument against the creation of a self-governing colony was the state of the population: few were British subjects, most held permanent residence in the colony, and few of them owned property. He was friends with Robert Ker the First Auditor General of the Two Colonies of British Columbia, and John Sebastian Helmcken a future Speaker of the House of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Like Douglas, they are both considered founding fathers of British Columbia. Helmcken married Douglas's daughter, Cecilia. Retirement and death When Douglas ended his service to the Empire, Queen Victoria promoted him Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Upon his retirement, Douglas was honoured with banquets in both Victoria and New Westminster, the capital of the mainland. He also received a thank you on paper signed by 900 people. From 1864 to 1865, Douglas toured Europe. He visited relatives in Scotland and a half-sister in Paris. He had to return early when his daughter, Cecilia, died. Douglas continued to be active but kept out of politics in all forms. He died in Victoria of a heart attack on August 2, 1877, at the age of 73. His funeral procession was possibly the largest in the history of B.C., and he was interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery. Places named for Douglas Port Douglas, British Columbia, a former community located on the northern end of Harrison Lake. The Douglas Ranges, a southernmost portion of the Coast Mountains west of Harrison Lake and east of Stave Lake. The Douglas Road, an important wagon road that ran via a series of lake portages from Harrison Lake north to Lillooet. Douglas, name of a Canada-US border crossing in Surrey, British Columbia. Douglas Peak, a mountain of the Vancouver Island Ranges, located southeast of Port Alberni. Mount Douglas, a prominent, hill in the Greater Victoria municipality of Saanich. It is also the namesake for a high school, road, municipal park, neighbourhood, and several businesses. Douglas Channel, a inlet on British Columbia's northwest coast, just southwest of Kitimat. Douglas Inlet, lies on the west side of