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CH-0062 · RESEARCH DRAFT

Chinese labour in railway construction

1880–1885 · Dating precision: range

Chinese workers performed essential work on the railway in British Columbia under unequal pay and dangerous conditions.

Not publication-ready. Avoid a precise worker death toll without reviewing the range and its evidence.

Historical place
British Columbia railway corridor
Present-day context
British Columbia railway corridor — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
Peoples named in this record
Chinese workers, Other railway workers
Review state
source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
Catalogue updated
2026-10-11
French text
Translation pending; English research text shown.

Map context

No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.

Generalized political reference for 1880
Preceding available snapshot: 1880. This is not exact event-date geometry; within-year commencement is unresolved.

Source evidence