Subject: Ethnic Groups

Alien Vote

Vancouver municipal elections will no longer allow aliens to vote.

Internal ID:	0050.0487
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 19th 1902

Canadian Immigration

Reporting on record number of immigrations registered in one month.

Internal ID:	0051.0104
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 17th 1926

Reverend Holford

Reporting on Rev. Holford's article in the Fernie Free Press on the question of Canadian immigration. Cranbrook Herald would like to see a non-political discussion across Canada.

Internal ID:	0051.0419
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 1st 1900

Railway Construction

Ongoing constuction of railway to and around Cranbrook. The Canadian-Alien law is being strictly enforced, and no workmen but Canadians will be employed.

Internal ID:	0051.0582
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 12th 1897

British Loyalty

Newspaper letter to editor - regarding foreigners moving to other countries and not getting naturalization papers because they feel they would be doing an injustice to their native land.

Internal ID:	0051.0858
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 29th 1897

Belgian Relief Committee

Store to open up for two weeks in Cranbrook to receive goods for the relief of Belgium.

Internal ID:	0052.0096
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 25th 1915

Castlegar Station Museum

One of the exhibits assembled at the Castlegar Station Museum to celebrate Heritage Week in 1987.

Internal ID:	0490.0024
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1987

Sam Tuie's Laundry

Sam Tuie's Laundry in Golden, BC.

Internal ID:	0015.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Cranbrook Fall Fair

The Chinese community in Cranbrook takes an active part in the Fall Fair.

Internal ID:	0042.0027
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 23rd 1926

Immigration Numbers

Newspaper article past seventeen months Japanese, Chinese and Hindoo number of arrivals in B.C.

Internal ID:	0050.0030
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 4th 1908

Chinese Fired

Newspaper article Kelowna Leaf Tobacco company fired Chinese workers and replaced them with white men.

Internal ID:	0050.0032
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 1st 1908

Chinese Wedding

Newspaper article Chinese wedding took place in Field.

Internal ID:	0050.0036
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 7th 1908

Chinese Bakery Ad

Newspaper advertisement bakery dealing in fruits, confectionary, tobaccos and cigars.

Internal ID:	0050.0037
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 21st 1908

Chinese Restaurant Ad

Newspaper advertisement Hop Lee Restaurant open till 1 am.

Internal ID:	0050.0038
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 21st 1908

Head Tax

Newspaper article no hindus, but 450 chinese arrived with 105 of them paying $500 head tax.

Internal ID:	0050.0040
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 4th 1908

Hindu Bias

Newspaper article describing Canada as a Garden of Eden over-run by swarms of locusts and mosquitoes in regards to incoming minorities.

Internal ID:	0050.0045
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 16th 1908

Head Tax

Newspaper article first five months of fiscal year shows 2,095 Chinese entered Canada paying a head tax of $500.

Internal ID:	0050.0048
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 16th 1908

Court re Wage Payment

Newspaper article court session case of Chinaman against Wilmer Hotel for unpaid wages.

Internal ID:	0050.0057
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 10th 1909

Chinese Gambling Corrupts

Newspaper article Nelson police keeping a watchful eye on Chinese quarters after Rossland police raid Chinese gambling den.

Internal ID:	0050.0059
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 19th 1898

Chinese New Year

Newspaper article Chinese New Year celebrations a failure as the pyrotechnic display was prohibited.

Internal ID:	0050.0060
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 26th 1898

Local Colour

Newspaper article in form of a letter playing on Chinese New Year celebrations.

Internal ID:	0050.0061
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 26th 1898

Local Colour

Newspaper article in form of a letter telling friend of chinese cigars clearing evils out of body and how Italians named Kalama.

Internal ID:	0050.0062
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 2nd 1898

Japanese Miners

Newspaper article one thousand Japanese heading for Yukon gold fields.

Internal ID:	0050.0063
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 16th 1898

Head Tax

Newspaper article bill to be introduced will increase Chinese immigration tax from $50 to $500 per head.

Internal ID:	0050.0064
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 23rd 1898

Chinese Finances

Newspaper article Chinese loan arranged with Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank of London, and German Asiatic Bank.

Internal ID:	0050.0066
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 2nd 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article one mans apprehension of Chinese population in Kootenays rapidly increasing, causing white men and women out of work as they take the jobs with lower pay.

Internal ID:	0050.0068
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 13th 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article rumor has Chinese element moving from present location to what is heart of Nelson, urging them to build proper houses instead of the filthy shacks they squat in.

Internal ID:	0050.0070
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 4th 1898

Chinese Horror

Newspaper article the order to squatter to clear off from Nelson streets and alleys were enforced, but what was left behind was one shack built over a pit in which they emptied their wash house slops and refuse then they sorted vegetables and did laundry over this foul atmosphere.

Internal ID:	0050.0072
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 11th 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper excerpt Silvertonian hears of people who express approval to those who hire Chinamen who send their wages out of country, but then they patronize the Chineses cheap department stores.

Internal ID:	0050.0073
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 18th 1898

Chinese Prejudice

Newspaper article examination of advantages and disadvantages of Canadian products being offered to Japan and China.

Internal ID:	0050.0074
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 18th 1898

Nelson Chinatown

Newspaper article rumors of Nelson to have a Chinatown near the skating rink.

Internal ID:	0050.0075
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 18th 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article Ymir individual cuts support of a cabin to render it uninhabitable so Chinese owner can't allow poor people to live in it.

Internal ID:	0050.0076
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 25th 1898

First Chinese

Newspaper article Cranbrook Herald reports first Chinaman has arrived in their city, Economist urges them to pitch him out.

Internal ID:	0050.0077
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 25th 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article residents making a lot of noise in Nelson over opposition of proposed site of local Chinatown.

Internal ID:	0050.0078
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 8th 1898

Local Colour

Newspaper article in form of letter against Japanese and Chinese working in eating houses.

Internal ID:	0050.0081
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 13th 1898

Chinese Prejudice

Newspaper article Chinaman kills himself and sheriffs officers at a powder magazine after they came for him for killing another Chinaman.

Internal ID:	0050.0082
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 27th 1898

Christian Missionaries

Newspaper article American mission school in China destroyed by Chinese Mob.

Internal ID:	0050.0083
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 27th 1898

Chinese History

Newspaper article dispatch from Shanghai states government troops losing 3,000 men in battle against rebels.

Internal ID:	0050.0086
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 7th 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article Nelson Chinamen at a Fan tan game were surprised by arrival of fire chief and assistants who collected poll tax from them.

Internal ID:	0050.0090
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 2nd 1898

Chinese Discrimination

Newspaper article miners of Sandon do not want Chinese workers and use any means necessary to keep them out.

Internal ID:	0050.0092
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 23rd 1898

Chinese Exclusion

Newspaper article Ottawa dispatch states British Columbians white laborers excited over government refusal to adopt legislation restricting the immigration of Chinese laborers.

Internal ID:	0050.0093
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 14th 1891

Developments In China

Newspaper article China has a system of telegraph lines running to all parts of the country and are on the way to doing the same with railroads.

Internal ID:	0050.0098
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 5th 1891

Chinatown Fire

Local man charged with starting fire in Chinatown, which caused damage to many buildings and razed several.

Internal ID:	0050.0147
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 23rd 1931

Kettle River Gold

Reports of rich strike of placer gold on Kettle Creek.

Internal ID:	0050.0151
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 5th 1893

Smuggling Chinese

Two Chinamen landed in Northport under mysterious circumstances.

Internal ID:	0050.0154
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 30th 1893

Kaslo Fire Death

Two fires occured in Kaslo in one week, killing one Chinaman.

Internal ID:	0050.0157
Medium:	Manuscript
Date:	January 25th 1894

Kaslo Chinese

A dozen Chinese arrived in Kaslo to work at placer mining on Kaslo creek.

Internal ID:	0050.0160
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 7th 1894

Kaslo Chinese

Gold fever has hit prospectors on Kaslo creek.

Internal ID:	0050.0167
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 20th 1894

Slocan Mines

Sixteen men working at Slocan Mine, one being a Chinese cook which is a rarity in area.

Internal ID:	0050.0169
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 29th 1895

Englishmen

Differences between Englishmen and Canadians in Eastern Canada seems to act as a cement between them, but in British Columbia the British community seem rabid in their sarcastic abuse to Canadians.

Internal ID:	0050.0170
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 29th 1895

Christian Chinaman

Christian Chinaman quits working for white family after they have an evening of cards and wine.

Internal ID:	0050.0172
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 5th 1896

Chinese Cooks

Chinese finally have a foothold in New Denver and Slocan area cooking for bachelors club.

Internal ID:	0050.0173
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 10th 1896

Chinese Exclusion

Only Chinaman working in New Denver is now gone.

Internal ID:	0050.0176
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 7th 1897

Chinese Exclusion

Lower Slocan Country has no more Chinamen.

Internal ID:	0050.0177
Medium:	Manuscript
Date:	January 7th 1897

Hate Letter

Letter to the editor from England remarking how Chinese in Canada never become citizens and lower wages, then ship any money back to China.

Internal ID:	0050.0179
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 6th 1897

Chinese Exclusion

Many people disgruntled over steamer employing Chinese cook, even though they never eat a meal on the boat.

Internal ID:	0050.0180
Medium:	Manuscript
Date:	August 12th 1897

Chinese Soldiers

English Exchange describes conditions and pay of Chinese soldiers in their own country.

Internal ID:	0050.0182
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 7th 1897

Japanese Immigration

Japanese government forbids the emigration of any more of its subjects to Canada.

Internal ID:	0050.0446
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 8th 1900

Chinese New Year

Chinese making preparations for a big celebration for upcoming Chinese New Year.

Internal ID:	0050.0485
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 5th 1902

Smuggling Chinese

Smuggling Chinese over the border from Canada is a thriving business at Cascade.

Internal ID:	0050.0490
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 13th 1902

Chinese Murder

Circumstances surrounding the murder of a Chinese merchant at Steveston has three Chinese witnesses afixing the guilt on a Japanese and in turn the witnesses are under arrest for perjury.

Internal ID:	0050.0499
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 12th 1903

Chinese Sentenced

Two Chinamen setenced to eight to ten years in the penitentiary in Vancouver for falsely accusing a Japanese of the murder of a Chinaman at Steveston.

Internal ID:	0050.0501
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 20th 1904

Nelson Fall Fair

Nelson Fall Fair parade included a Chinese procession which needed and interpreter to explain the meanings of their costumes.

Internal ID:	0050.0509
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 1st 1904

Chinese Discrimination

A Nelson gent pledges on his honor that he heard a Chinaman singing an Irish Jacobite song.

Internal ID:	0050.0511
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 22nd 1904

Chinese Fall Fair

Cranbrook Fall Fair assisted by Chinese with their own music and fireworks.

Internal ID:	0050.0817
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 23rd 1926

Grohman Canal

Provincial government awarded contract for digging canal to connect upper Columbia Lake with the Kootenay River.

Internal ID:	0050.0911
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 30th 1888

Chinese On Wildhorse

Four Chinese companies on Wild Horse are cleaning flumes to end season, one flume bagged over $1000 in gold.

Internal ID:	0050.0918
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 17th 1888

Cranbrook Herald Annual

Urging people to seel all they may possess and come out to Cranbrook district to escape the blight of landlordism.

Internal ID:	0050.0974
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 1st 1905

Kootenay Gold Report

Newspaper article from The Daily British Colonist focusing on the Big Bend gold rush.

Internal ID:	0051.0001
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 6th 1864

Official Report On Kootenay

Coverage of the official trip to Kootenay Country by Colonial Secretary Birch. A very complete description of methods of access and the amount of gold coming out of the creek. Also a short list of provision prices.

Internal ID:	0051.0012
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 11th 1864

Gold Rush Reports

Newspaper article covering Gold Rush reports from Big Bend, Kootenay, Rock Creek, Boundary and Chinamen diggings. 8,000 to 10,000 men expected at the Big Bend and paddlewheelers being built on the Columbia River. Large influx of miners projected at Wild Horse and thousands of Chinese on the Columbia around Fort Sheppard.