Talk:History of British Columbia

Drake and the BC coast
Is there actually a source for this? As far as I know, he didn't get further north than Oregon. Is this just speculation, or is there some substance behind it? OhSoHeartless (talk) 01:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * The various theories are discussed in New Albion. TFD (talk) 06:08, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * So, once again, its just Bawlf and his pure speculation. That's what I thought. Do you suggest we move it, given there is no convincing evidence whatsoever that he reached that far? OhSoHeartless (talk) 16:18, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I suggest you read 'The Secret Voyage of Francis Drake' http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012498 You may still believe that the claim is dubious, but there is substance behind it. Don't be so quick to dismiss someone's ideas simply because you yourself have never heard them or found reference to them. Do your research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.85.71 (talk) 22:10, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have done my research idiot. I've read his book already. It's mostly nonsense. There's ZERO substance behind it. None. Don't be so simple minded next time. Thank you. OhSoHeartless (talk) 21:26, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * An RS is an RS; there's lots of twaddle all over Wikipedia masquerading even as academic citations....there's been stories of bronze plaques in trees in Sooke else. Don't be such a snark; a publication is a publication; even if it's only a theory an RS is an RS...... there's also indications in something else around, the title of which I don't know, about Drake's journals of this trip which were kept secret and only Queen Elizabeth and certain others saw them; they didn't want to announce anything because of Spain's power at the time and the weight being Spain's assertion that the Pacific was a "Spanish lake".  Dubious though it may be to you, it is part of the apocrypha of BC history and belongs in this article; I'm removing the dubious-discuss template.Skookum1 (talk) 14:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * This March 4 2014 article in the Daily Mail is about coin discoveries that corroborate Bawlf's theory; it doesn't quite fit as a cite but is among the other-than-Bawlf sources for this theory out there (though it does mention him).Skookum1 (talk) 14:55, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

bloat in See Also section
"bloat" sums it up..... a lot of these could be to separate lists, if made..... every Spaniard it seems, only certain British and Canadian ones, and that's only a partial list of native leaders of note...but does all this belong on the main history page for BC?Skookum1 (talk) 13:22, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Early maps
This article could use one or more maps from the 1700s or early 1800s. -- Beland (talk) 22:42, 11 April 2016 (UTC)