Swedes

SWEDES began arriving in BC toward the end of the 19th century, most of them taking jobs on the construction of the CPR or in the extractive industries: LOGGING, commercial FISHING and MINING. Typical of these early newcomers were the pioneer logger P.B. ANDERSON and the THULIN brothers, Charles and Frederick, founders of LUND and CAMPBELL RIVER. Swedes were also closely associated with the early history of REVELSTOKE. Post-WWII, the Swedish population tended to concentrate in the Lower...

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