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After Alaska was sold by Russia to the United States, a number of Finns who had been in the service of the Russian Government there, came to British Columbia. Other Finns migrated west from Michigan and Minnesota to work on the railway construction and they settled on land along the route. Some Finns were employed in the coal mines on Vancouver Island as early as 1885. The community of Sointula on Malcolm Island was begun in 1901 as a cooperative by Finnish coal miners at Nanaimo.<br> | After Alaska was sold by Russia to the United States, a number of Finns who had been in the service of the Russian Government there, came to British Columbia. Other Finns migrated west from Michigan and Minnesota to work on the railway construction and they settled on land along the route. Some Finns were employed in the coal mines on Vancouver Island as early as 1885. The community of Sointula on Malcolm Island was begun in 1901 as a cooperative by Finnish coal miners at Nanaimo.<br> | ||
{{Block indent|“In November, 1901 the Provincial Government granted the whole of Malcolm Island, consisting of 28,000 acres to the Finnish Cooperative Company on condition that the Company brought 350 families to the Island in the next seven years, improve the land to the extent of $2.50 per acre and build its own schools, wharfs, roads etc.” (Gibbon 1938, 257)<br> <br>}} | |||
A group of Norwegians migrated from Minnesota to Bella Coola and established a successful fishing colony. Many Swedes were attracted to the lumber industry in B.C. | A group of Norwegians migrated from Minnesota to Bella Coola and established a successful fishing colony. Many Swedes were attracted to the lumber industry in B.C. | ||
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From the introductory page of Yukon Genealogy in 2005<br> | From the introductory page of Yukon Genealogy in 2005<br> | ||
{{Block indent|“During the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 thousands of fortune hunters from around the world stampeded into the Yukon. Upon entering the Territory and establishing a place to live and work people were inscribed on various lists. Today these lists are accessible to you as a means to find out if your relatives were part of Dawson City during the Gold Rush.”}} | |||
==== Yukon Archives and Societies ==== | ==== Yukon Archives and Societies ==== | ||
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