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How long had Coast Salish peoples lived in the Victoria region before European settlement?
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Provincial Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The Coast Salish peoples have inhabited the region now known as Victoria, British Columbia, for well over 10,000 years.1
Before the establishment of Fort Victoria by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1843, the area was known to the Coast Salish as Camosun or Camosack. These First Nations peoples maintained a long-standing presence in the region, deeply connected to the land and its resources, long before the arrival of European explorers and settlers.1