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Chinese Legacies: Building the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia

Posted: June 12th, 2012 | No Comments »

I’ve posted a few times on interesting exhibits on Chinese overseas – WW1 Coolie Corps, Australian Chinese museums, Limehouse etc etc. Here’s an interesting exhibit and article about the Chinese who laboured on the CPR in British Columbia in Port Moody, their original point of entry to Canada. Interesting artucle from the Tri-City News. Sorry I only have an old poster with the pics – but it’s a travelling exhibit – and the picture of the workers is good…

 



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