from Wah Lee to Chew Keen

Download or read book from Wah Lee to Chew Keen written by Liping Wong Yip and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Wah Lee? To the Keen family living in North Cariboo, B.C., Wah Lee was their forefather from China; amongst local historians, Wah Lee is the name for a general store in Quesnel, B.C. This book unravels the mystery of a name, which is also the story of a person, a business, and a family that traverses 150 years of history and crosses the Pacific from China to Canada. What unfolds is not just the history of one family, but a history of the recent past in Canada and China told through the trials and fortunes, hopes and dreams of individual family members. This is a story that can be treasured by family members, historians, and other Chinese-Canadians alike in years to come.