Many people know about the history of Chinese in contributing their part in the construction of the Canada Pacific Railway. Do you know that prior to the railway era in Canada, Keewatin and 4 other sister ships had catalyzed the Confederation of Canada? All the cooks on board of these ships were talented and hardworking Chinese.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Historical S.S. Keewatin returns home 歷史郵輪回家了
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11:29 PM
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Peter Bok 卜利泉
Many people know the world renowned Titanic. Do you know that S.S. Keewatin was built in Scotland in 1905, 5 years earlier than Titanic for the Canadian Pacific Company to connect the Eastern Canada with Western Canada using the Great Lakes? In 1965 Keewatin retired and was sold as a floating museum in Douglas on the Kalamazoo Lake in the States for another 45 years.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Revisiting the tranquil lake 重訪萬籟湖
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2:10 AM
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Peter Bok 卜利泉
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