[An unidentified man standing in front of the Gerrard train station near Trout Lake, B.C.]

1910

An unidentified Sikh [?] man standing in front of the Gerrard train station near the foot of Trout Lake, B.C. The 1911 census found 28 South Asian men working there as railway trackmen.

"Gerrard, located at the top of the Lardeau River, north of Kootenay Lake, in B.C.'s Interior, was one of dozens of towns that sprang up during the mining heyday of the late 1800s. Situated where Trout Lake drains into the Lardeau River, the town became the terminus of the Arrowhead and Kootenay Railroad, which transported gold, silver and copper from the mines at Trout Lake to the steamboats on Kootenay Lake heading to Bonner's Ferry, ID, and American markets. It had a railroad station and steamboat landing, as well as a Persian Hotel." - Source: https://www.cascadiaarcana.com/

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