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Chinese at work on C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) in Mountains, 1884

Title

Chinese at work on C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) in Mountains, 1884

Subject

Canada, Chinese migrants, immigration, railway

Description

This photograph depicts Chinese labourers working on the Canadian Pacific Railway mile sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Pacific to Craigellachie in the Eagle Pass in British Columbia.

Creator

Ernest Brown

Source

Boorne & May. Library and Archives Canada, C-006686B / Boorne & May. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, C-006686B

Publisher

Library and Archives Canada:
Online: Collections Canada: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/chinese-canadians/021022-119.01-e.php?&document_id_nbr=73&interval=9&q1=Photo&page_sequence_nbr=1&&PHPSESSID=n1i6crk0eabfa8ia2b2i11bvq5
Library and Archives Canada via Flikr: http://www.flickr.com/people/28853433@N02?rb=1

Date

1884

Rights

CC BY 2.0, Ernest Brown

Format

image file/jped

Language

English

Type

Photograph

Identifier

MIKAN 3194432

Original Format

Photograph

Files

chinese labourers .jpg

Collection

Citation

Ernest Brown, “Chinese at work on C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) in Mountains, 1884,” Exhibits, accessed December 26, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2232.