East Indian sawmill workers D-04655

Many of them worked in the lumber woods, at sawmills and canneries, and building railways. Eventually they began to bring their families to settle with them in their new home. The variety of work done by East Indian men, and the contributions they made to British Columbia, are shown in these photographs.

East Indians unloading salmon, McTavish Cannery, Rivers Inlet, 1920 G-03515

Some of the first Sikhs who came to B.C. worked at Burrell Ranch, near Grand Forks. They dressed up to have their picture taken with some of the other people living on the ranch. Detail of B-06052