Grade 9 Gallery

Lesson 2: Chinese Immigration to BC

Archive Package: 1857-1884 (Early Immigration)

Images

Documents

Federal Census 1881

Gold Mining Records

Wages Owed for Road Construction

Petition for Ah Sing

Petition to Suppress Immigration

Chinese Question in California

Story Sheet: Shirley Chan

Fact Sheet: 1857-1884

Media

Sojourns to Home (00:13:00)

Excerpts from interview with Shirley Chan
Credit: RBCM