Banister was one of the opposers of
Cameron’s appointment to Chief Justice of the Peace in 1856.
1 Banister, in a letter to
Clarendon, believed that the conflict with First Nations and Americans in
Oregon could spread to
Vancouver Island if the HBC provided weapons to the First Nation forces.
2 In 1857, Banister suggested that a railway should span from
Vancouver Island to the Hudson’s Bay.
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