DCHP-3

Douglas Day

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in British Columbia, November 19, a day commemorating Sir James Douglas, 1803-1877, Governor of British Columbia 1858-1864.

Quotations

1958
November 19, or Douglas Day as it is known among Native Sons, historians and a few others looks as though it may become an annual provincially celebrated major date on the calendar.
1959
In each year the nineteenth day of November shall henceforth be observed as Douglas Day throughout the Province of British Columbia.