1828-1888
A career Imperial civil servant, Anthony Musgrave served as governor of Newfoundland (1864 - 69) and British Columbia (1869 - 71). Both terms of office were marked by a strong personal effort to encourage the two colonies to unite with the new Canadian confederation, and it was under his direction that British Columbia entered the Dominion on July 20, 1871, Musgrave was knighted in 1875, subsequently held vice-regal office in Natal, South Australia, Jamaica and Queensland where he died.HM Number | HM1DTF |
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Placed By | Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 1:44pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10U E 474638 N 5362943 |
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Decimal Degrees | 48.41913333, -123.34276667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 48° 25.148', W 123° 20.566' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 48° 25' 8.88" N, 123° 20' 33.96" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 412 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 500 Lotbiniere Ave, Victoria BC V8W 1E5, CA |
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