Early Chinese Canadian gold miners remembered for their contribution to B.C.'s Cariboo communities | CBC News

Chinese miners Ah Bau, left, and Chew Nam Sing both came to B.C.'s Cariboo region from China in the late 19th century to prospect for gold.in Canada, two historians in B.C.'s Interior are remembering the legacies of two early Chinese Canadian miners.

Ahbau Lake, Ahbau Creek Falls and Ahbau Creek Bridge are other places north of Quesnel that are named after the gold miner. There's also Ahbau Street in Prince George, about three kilometres west of the city hall. The Ahbau Lake recreation site pictured in 2013. Lorna Townsend says several places in the 50,000-hectare Ahbau Creek watershed are named after Ah Bau, because he was one of few people living there in the mid-to-late 19th century.Townsend said Ah Bau died in the spring of 1902 at his cabin located near Ahbau Lake. He was in his early 60s.

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