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What brought people to nanaimo?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In the 18OO's people came to Vancouver island, and to Nanaimo for Coal. Thus brining many people to Vancouver island, and Nanaimo. In fact Nanaimo had the most Asian population from 18OO-194O more than San Francisco, Vancouver, and Seattle. Then in 194O, Chinatown burned down, from an old oil lamp which destroyed numerous blocks of Chinatown, and residential houses.

Nanaimo still has coal to be mined, but the city is saying no to mining the coal, because of the pollutants, and the trying to become eco friendlier.

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13y ago

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