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Thomas Bamford was born in Liverpool, England, in 1861. After work in an architectural firm, and attending night school courses in art, he immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1879, and later settled in Victoria. In 1880, along with Rowland Lee, Bamford exhibited in the first art exhibitions "ever held" in Victoria. In 1882, Bamford married Violet Carmichael. Following work as a machinist at the Albion Iron Works, he was employed as a draughtsman and subsequently a timber agent with the provincial government.

Bamford amplified his earlier art training by instruction from Rene Quentin, a French artist who spent some time in Victoria during the 1880s. He was a charter member of the Island Arts and Crafts Society formed in 1909, serving two terms as its president, 1915-1919 and 1930-1934.Contributing to almost all the Society’s annual exhibitions between 1910 and 1935, his work, like that of many of his fellow artists, was closely connected to the English landscape watercolour tradition in subject matter, medium and style.

Charles F. Banfield was with the King's Printer in Victoria, 1924-1946.

Centred in Canada’s Western provinces, the Bank of British Columbia operated between 1968 and 1986. Promoted by W.A.C. Bennett, the Bank of B.C. was first officially proposed for incorporation by Senator J.W. Farris in 1964. Royal Assent for incorporation was granted after the passing of Bill S-20 in December 1966, and a chartered licence to commence operations was established in October 1967.

After initial capital acquisition, common shares were posted for trading on the International Section of the Vancouver Stock Exchange (trading symbol “BBC”), February 1st, 1968. On July 16th, 1968, the Bank’s first branch was opened at 999 W. Pender in Vancouver. By 1986, shortly before its closure, the Bank had branches in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan as well as offices in London, England, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Cayman Islands. The Bank is credited with having introduced several innovative programs later pursued by other institutions in Canada. With its main offices in Vancouver, B.C., it is also noted for being the only federally chartered bank headquartered in Western Canada at the time of its creation.

In November, 1986, the majority of the then failing Bank of B.C. was acquired by the Hong Kong Bank of Canada (now the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank of Canada). In April, 1987, the Bank of B.C. and its remaining assets were renamed B.C. Bancorp. Slated with the liquidation of remaining assets and the distribution of the proceeds to its shareholders, B.C. Bancorp ultimately conclude its affairs in 1996 through the acquisition of its shares by the Canadian Western Bank.

The Bank of British North America opened its Greenwood branch (Boundary region) in 1897.

The Bank of Montreal was one of five financial institutions in existence in Rossland at the turn of the twentieth century. The bank building was designed by Francis Rattenbury, and construction commenced in 1899. It marked several ‘firsts’ in Rossland’s architectural heritage, namely its foundation of locally-quarried granite and the steel reinforcing beams that lie behind the brick facing.

Lieutenant Governor of B.C.,1946-1950.

Sir Joseph Banks was an English explorer.

Sue Baptie was a researcher who wrote a book about the history of British Columbia Forest Products Limited.

Walter Bapty was a soldier and physician and lived in Victoria.

Established November 1861

Born in the Shetland Isles in 1812, the son of a physician, Forbes Barclay studied medicine at Edinburgh and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London July 5, 1838. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1839 and arrived at Fort Vancouver in 1840, sent to relieve Dr. William Fraser Tolmie. Barclay remained at Fort Vancouver until the Company left in 1849. He then moved to Oregon City and became an American citizen. During this time he was a practicing physician but also served as Mayor and as City School Superintendent until 1870. He died in 1873.

The Barkerville Board of Trade represented the interests of businessmen and residents of Barkerville, B.C.

The Barkley family were farmers in the Westholme and Chemainus area of Vancouver Island.

Charles William Barkley was a ship captain who travelled mostly to the Far East but reached the northwest coast of B.C., where he discovered Barkley Sound.

Edward Barkley was a ship's captain in the Royal Navy.

Frederick Ross Strickland Barlee left his home in Lakefield, Ontario in August, 1897 to take up a position with the Klondyke Mining, Trading and Transport Corporation Limited of London, England. The company had offices in Victoria and was managed in British Columbia by G.Arthur Strickland, Barlee's cousin. Its aim was to develop trade and transportation along the Teslin route to the Klondyke gold fields. After stopping briefly in Toronto Barlee travelled by C.P.R. to Vancouver, crossed to Victoria and travelled on the S.S. City of Topeka to Wrangell, which he reached on September 16. He and Strickland left on the 18th in two canoes for Glenora and Telegraph Creek. The company intended to open up a transportation route to Dawson via the Stikine River, Teslin Lake and the Hootalinqua River and Barlee and Strickland were going to examine the possibility of building a railway from Glenora to Teslin Lake. Strickland made a short trip, which is not described in this collection, and then returned down river, leaving Barlee in Telegraph Creek for two months. He left Telegraph Creek on December 5 and reached Wrangell on December 22. For the following six months Barlee was at Wrangell and on Cottonwood (Stikine) Island at the mouth of the Stikine River where the company was accumulating equipment and supplies for the construction of the route in the spring. Many gold seekers camped on the island waiting to travel up the river and Barlee helped care for them. After a trip to Victoria in August, 1898, Barlee went back to Glenora where the company had a store and, according to a letter of June 8, 1898, ran pack trains from Glenora to Teslin Lake. The company decided to close the store in Glenora and Barlee, after giving Strickland his frank opinion of the company and its management, agreed to run the store for the company while disposing of its assets. He wintered in Glenora and in his letter of December 7, 1898, describes many of the inhabitants of the town. Barlee left Glenora on March 14, 1899, reaching Teslin on April 6 and Atlin on April 19. He remained in Atlin and in June, met his cousin Darcy Strickland, an Inspector with the NWMP. In July he travelled to Tagish with Strickland and staked a claim on Morse Creek, 16 miles from Bennett. He remained in the vicinity of Tagish until June, 1900, working at odd jobs, prospecting, and working on his claim at Morse Creek. He arrived at Whitehorse on June 28, 1900, where he worked as a bookkeeper and for the Canadian Development Company. In November, 1900, he was transferred to Dawson, as Assistant Superintendent of the Canadian Development Co.'s Royal Mail Service. Barlee left the Yukon in 1901.