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The city blocks of Victoria known as "Chinatown" form a community. Chinese people have worked and lived in this community for over 100 years. |
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Victoria's Chinatown: Chinese Land Ownership, 1859 Page 185, Chinatowns - Towns Within Cities in Canada, David Chuenyan Lai |
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Chinatown is a community with shared customs, language, styles of cooking, types of medicines, environment and history. |
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"Little Pete" Fong Ching C-05473 |
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Today, you can enter Chinatown through the Gates of Harmonious Interest. |
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Victoria, Gate of Harmonious Interest Government and Fisgard Streets, 1981 I-03395 |
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This is what Chinatown looked like back in 1876. |
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Second Chinese Arch on Cormorant Street E-01926 |
