Cumyow, Won Alexander National Historique Person
TBD, British Columbia
Won Alexander Cumyow, circa 1900
(© 2008-010.2279; Paul Yee photographs; City of Vancouver Archives)
Address :
TBD, British Columbia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2024-01-19
Life Date:
1861 to 1955
Other Name(s):
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Won Alexander Cumyow
(Designation Name)
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W. Alexander Cumyow
(Other Name)
Research Report Number:
2023-02
Importance:
The first known person of Chinese descent born in Canada who fought all his adult life for democratic rights and an end to the raced-based franchise