Chinese History in British Columbia Canada

After the Chinese were brought over to Canada to build the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) many were left on the banks of the Fraser River. To survive the Chinese became miners and built large trenches and dugouts used to mine jade and gold. These dugouts span the river banks in the Fraser Canyon from Lytton to Hope British Columbia. These sights are largely unknown and under appreciated as significant historic landmarks and amazing links to Chinese Canadian history.

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[TreasuresTresors]

Hi Travel the canyon, this is another good video about the history of Chinese Canadians. You should consider submitting this, and any other relevant videos, to the Canada’s Got Treasures collection by joining our YouTube group (/group/TresorTreasure). It would be made available on our channel and website. Help celebrate Canadian diversity!

Hamish,

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[EARLERICKY]

thanks for uploading this

[tjguy98]

Pretty interesting, didn't know about the trenches. I knew the Chinese recovered a lot of gold from the rivers bars that the white miners had finished with and left for others to work