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BUILDING CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

The Chinese and white camps were separated and most of the time the two sides hardly spoke to one another. The Chinese workers were very quick and efficient
Some say that for every foot of the (hell gate) Fraser Canyon, one Chinese worker died.
One of the many bridges built by the Chinese
They also lay tracks
The CPR workers were organized into groups and traveled to railroad camps by foot to work.
Chinese workers were given the backbreaking and hazardous jobs of tunneling and handling of explosives. On this particular section of the CPR, workers had to cut into 55 feet of stone
The (Hell Gate) Fraser Canyon.
The conditions in which the Chinese had to live and work were so bad that many died of scurvy and other diseases
It is estimated that 600 Chinese workers died while constructing the CPR.
After the completion of the CPR, the Chinese railway workers were basically left unemployed at the worksite.