PhoenixSerenity<p>This story is a fragment of the broader <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of a substantial <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianCanadian</span></a> population in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/qathet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qathet</span></a>, as evidenced by the 1921 &amp; 1931 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> data. Companies like <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PacificLimeCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificLimeCompany</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TexadaIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexadaIsland</span></a> &amp; various lumber camps from <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Stillwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stillwater</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lund</span></a> employed <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> labourers, often paying <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> men half the wages of their white counterparts.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Segregated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Segregated</span></a> bunkhouses &amp; employment of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChineseServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseServants</span></a> by white households were common.</p><p><a href="https://www.prpeak.com/in-the-community/asian-heritage-month-chinese-immigrants-have-history-in-qathet-8820561" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prpeak.com/in-the-community/as</span><span class="invisible">ian-heritage-month-chinese-immigrants-have-history-in-qathet-8820561</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BChistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BChistory</span></a></p>