Coal Creek Historic Park (Chinatown)

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The small area of Cumberland called Chinatown was built to home the Chinese workers that immigrated here to work in the coal mines in Cumberland.

Chinatown circa 1910; Cumberland Museum and Archives

Photo: Darren Kirby from Penticton, CC BY-SA 2.0

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