Throughout the 1800s, Vesuvius was predominantly composed of African-American settlers and their descendants.[1] Racial tensions arose between August 1867 and December 1868, when three Black men were murdered in the community of Vesuvius Bay. The murderers were largely blamed on the local coastal Indigenous community. This resulted in racial tensions in the area, which led to a dwindling number of Black residents on Salt Spring Island.[1] Much of the youth moved away to Victoria, Vancouver, and on occasion to the United States.[1]
vesuvius, british, columbia, vesuvius, also, known, vesuvius, unincorporated, settlement, ferry, terminal, northwest, coast, saltspring, island, gulf, islands, british, columbia, canada, eastern, terminus, ferry, which, connects, saltspring, island, vancouver,. Vesuvius also known as Vesuvius Bay is an unincorporated settlement and ferry terminal on the northwest coast of Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia Canada It is the eastern terminus of a ferry which connects Saltspring Island to Vancouver Island across Sansum Narrows to Crofton which is just north of the city of Duncan VesuviusVesuviusLocation of Vesuvius in British ColumbiaCoordinates 48 53 00 N 123 34 00 W 48 88333 N 123 56667 W 48 88333 123 56667Country CanadaProvince British ColumbiaArea code s 250 778 Throughout the 1800s Vesuvius was predominantly composed of African American settlers and their descendants 1 Racial tensions arose between August 1867 and December 1868 when three Black men were murdered in the community of Vesuvius Bay The murderers were largely blamed on the local coastal Indigenous community This resulted in racial tensions in the area which led to a dwindling number of Black residents on Salt Spring Island 1 Much of the youth moved away to Victoria Vancouver and on occasion to the United States 1 It is named for HMS Vesuvius 1839 a ship of the Royal Navy assigned to the Pacific Station at Esquimalt in the 19th Century and indirectly after Mount Vesuvius in Italy 2 284 References edit a b c Rogers Brittany February 22 2009 Saltspring Island British Columbia Retrieved September 15 2023 Akrigg G P V Akrigg Helen B 1986 British Columbia Place Names 3rd 1997 ed Vancouver UBC Press ISBN 0 7748 0636 2 Vesuvius Landing BC Geographical Names Vesuvius Bay Landing rescinded BC Geographical Names Vesuvius Bay Bay BC Geographical Names nbsp This article about a location on the Coast of British Columbia Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vesuvius British Columbia amp oldid 1205531141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
