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Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway. Alex Shaw. Gr.6. Creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was originally to get British Columbia in Canadian confederation. British Columbia had wanted a railway to the east so they would join confederation. The Canadian pacific railway stretched out over 4,000 km.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

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  1. Canadian Pacific Railway Alex Shaw Gr.6

  2. Creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was originally to get British Columbia in Canadian confederation. British Columbia had wanted a railway to the east so they would join confederation.

  3. The Canadian pacific railway stretched out over 4,000 km

  4. A beaver was chosen as the railway's logo because it is one of the Canada’s national symbols.

  5. The Chinese people worked for 1.00 a day and they still had to still pay 1.00 for their food and their camping and cooking gear. White people did not have to pay for these things even though they were paid more money than the Chinese ($1.50-$2.50 per day). Chinese workers were also given the most back-breaking and dangerous work to do. They had to clear and grade the railway's roadbed. They blasted tunnels through the rock. There were accidents, fires and disasters. Landslides and dynamite blasts killed many. There was no proper medical care and many Chinese workers depended on herbal cures to help them

  6. The Chinese railway workers lived in camps, sleeping in tents or boxcars. They did their own cooking over open outdoor fires. They mainly ate a diet of rice and dried salmon, washed down with tea. With their low salaries they could not afford fresh fruit and vegetables, so many of the men suffered from scurvy (a painful disease caused by a diet without vitamin C).

  7. Chinese railway workers' log camp beside railroad. The camps were crowded. Diet and living conditions were poor. Many got sick. In the winter it was very cold and the open fires were the only way of keeping warm. Whenever the workers put down more tracks, the camps had to be moved further down the line. When it was time to move camp, the Chinese workers would take down their tents, pack their belongings and move everything to the next camp, often hiking over 40 kilometers.

  8. Article warning of the arrival of Chinese people in Port Moody, British Columbia Many Canadians discriminated against the Chinese. The Chinese looked different, spoke a different language, and brought their own ways of life with them from China.

  9. Newspaper article, "No Chinese Wanted Here," from the Whitehorse Star, June 28, 1902 They thought that the Chinese were content to live with less and would settle for food that lacked variety and quality. Because most early Chinese immigrants were men, people assumed they had no families to support. Many Chinese were called names and were victims of physical assault. Chinese could not even be buried in public cemeteries with non-Chinese.

  10. Head Tax Certificate showing that Wong Wai, a native of Hong San, arrived in Victoria on May 20, 1913, and paid the head tax of $500. While Europeans were being offered free land to come to Canada, in 1885, the Canadian government created a "head tax" to limit the number of Chinese coming to the country. This meant that any Chinese person wanting to come to Canada had to pay $50.00 to the government. This made it harder for Chinese workers to come to Canada and for those already here to bring their wives and children over from China.

  11. In 1900, people felt that there were still too many Chinese people coming to Canada, and the head tax was increased to $100.00. It went up to $500.00 in 1903. The Chinese were the only group of people from another country that had to pay a tax in order to enter the country. In 1923, the Chinese Immigration Act was passed, also known as the Exclusion Act. For the next 24 years, anyone Chinese was not allowed to come to Canada. It even stopped families in China from coming to live with those family members already in Canada. Electoral platform discriminating against Chinese and Japanese people, Montréal, 1921

  12. Here’s your money for the day. HAHAHA you have to pay head taxes!!!! NO!!!

  13. Chinese should be compensated for the Head Taxes they had to pay

  14. How Transportation has changed through time Horse Dog Sled Train Car Plane

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