Sabres invade: Chinatown, Victoria

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)


Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Victoria
Location: Chinatown [map]

Victoria's Chinatown is a designated National Historic Site that is the oldest one of its kind in Canada and second oldest in North America (after the one in San Francisco, California), dating back to 1858. Its beginnings stem from the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush at the time, triggering Chinese migration from both California and China. Its size and population peaked in 1911, until reducing in size until the 1980s when the neighborhood was revitalized.

Sabres invade: Seattle Chinatown-International District

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)



Country: United States
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Location: Chinatown-International District [map]

Seattle's Chinatown and International District is the center of the city's Asian community. It developed in the early 1900s and was partially destroyed in the 1960s during the construction of Interstate 5; it gained federal heritage status in 1987.