Art in Toronto's Streets and Parks

*Outdoor Art in Toronto* *Sculptures and Monuments in Streets and Parks*

*Downtown*

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"Chinese Railroad Workers Monument"
by
Eldon Garnett & Francis LeBouthillier
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*Inscription:*	...	See below
*Location:*		Intersection of Blue Jays Way and Navy Wharf Court, west of SkyDome
*Sponsor:*		Sponsored by the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada and the City of Toronto. The rocks from western Canada were provided by Canadian Pacific Railway and Fording Coal Ltd. The Chinese Railroad Worker Memorial together with other related works were made possible by the generous support of Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the City of Toronto, The People’s Republic of China, Canadian Pacific Railway, Prudential Insurance Company of America. The Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada gratefully acknowledges all supporters and contributors
*Material:*		Wood, Bronze, Stone, Rocks
*Year:*		1989

One by one the walkers vanish

. “Memorial to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada”
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dedicated to the Chinese railroad workers who helped construct the Canadian Pacific railway through the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia thus uniting Canada geographically and politically. From 1880 to 1885 17,000 men from the province of Kwangtung, China, came to work on the western section of the railway through the treacherous terrain of the Canadian Rockies far from their families amid hostile sentiments these men laboured long hours and made the completion of the railway physically and economically possible. More than 4,000 Chinese workers lost their lives during construction. With no means of going back to China when their labour was no longer needed thousands drifted in near destitution along the completed track. All of them remained nameless in the history of Canada. We erect this monument to remember them. .

Last modified November 15, 2005