Vancouver Chinatown’s 125th Anniversary

I screwed up a bit here being a bit late with this one – but if you can get along to it before Tuesday 7th you can catch the 125th anniversary celebration of Vancouver’s Chinatown with art and photos celebrating it all at 163 East Pender Street. The whole thing was put together by Sheila Hall of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and Judy Lam-Maxwell of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum (which I think must be unique – at least I know of no other country that has a museum devoted solely to the Chinese who served in their military?).

Now I don’t know much about Vancouver or its Chinatown but their brochure tells me it dates back to around the 1850s and of course the 1880s with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. You can find out more here on the website of the Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area. I’ve also loaded up the pdf brochure for the exhibition here – Chinatown125_Brochure_final1.

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