Guardian Of The Gate
by Theresa Tahara
Title
Guardian Of The Gate
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Theresa Tahara
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Photograph - Photography / Digital Art
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The Chinese Heritage Cemetery in Kamloops is the first memorial park in Canada to commemorate pioneer Chinese railway workers of the CPR and CNR. The railway section between Yale and Kamloops was the most difficult and expensive. Contractors saved millions of dollars by paying the Chinese workers less than the other laborers. They were called to do blasting and other dangerous work with little or no training and were known as "beasts of burden" and "living machines�. Excluding other causes of death, six hundred of them died while building the CPR - one man for every mile of railway.
Taken on a foggy morning last January. (All Rights Reserved)
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May 27th, 2012
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