In this episode, Joel and Natalie discuss the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which connected British Columbia with Canada, changing the land permanently (for better AND for worse).

Topics include the creation of a metropolis, a suburb, and an escape route from the dastardly Americans, as well as the role and treatment of workers and simply people who were Chinese in the 1800s.

Resources/more reading:
Port Moody: http://www.portmoody.ca/index.aspx?page=76 https://globalnews.ca/news/3778261/how-port-moody-could-have-been-bigger-than-vancouver/

Gold rush consequences: https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-did-cariboo-gold-rush-change-british-columbia-258856 Cariboo road: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMZ91_Cariboo_Wagon_Road_Fraser_Canyon_British_Columbia_Canada

BC Confederation: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/british-columbia-and-confederation

Chinese workers: https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pathways/chinese-canadian-experiences/


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In this episode's ad for Cascadia, we used Cool Blast by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. 

Intro and outro music is written and performed by Joel Mackenzie. See his music at joelmackenzie.bandcamp.com.