Did you know that Chinese residents made up half of the Cariboo region’s population in the mid-1880s and Barkerville’s Chinatown has the oldest Chee Kung Tong building in Canada and the most extensive collection of Chinese buildings, photographs and artifacts in North America?

On Saturday September 9, enjoy contests, lion and dragon dances, Theatre Royal performances highlighting Chinese Culture, plus a special dinner at the Lung Duck Tong (by reservation only 250-994-3458).

Full event details are available on Barkerville’s website.