Chinatown, Winnipeg

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Chinatown is an area in Winnipeg, Manitoba that was formed in 1909. Located on King Street between James and Higgins Avenues, it was officially recognized in 1968. Winnipeg's Chinatown is home to many shops and restaurants including Asian grocery stores and an herbal products store.HistoryWinnipeg's earliest documented Chinese residents were Charley Yam, Fung Quong and an unnamed woman who came from the United States in 1877. After the completion of the first phase of the CPR line in 1885, hundreds of Chinese began to settle the Prairies. By 1919, Winnipeg had the fifth-largest Chinatown and Chinese community in Canada, with 900 men and a handful of women.In 1885 nearly all immigrants of Chinese descent were required by the Chinese Immigration Act to pay a head tax of $50. By 1900 that tax had risen to $100, and three years later it stood at $500. In 1923 the act was revised to exclude virtually all Chinese from entering Canada, and was colloquially known as the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act was repealed in 1947. Until the act was repealed, few wives and children had been able to join husbands and fathers in Canada.Dr. Joseph Du and Philip Lee successfully lobbied Mayor Bill Norrie, the province, and federal ministers to revitalize Chinatown with the construction of the Dynasty Building, Mandarin Building, housing complex and the Chinatown gate. The Dynasty Building and the Mandarin Building were completed in 1987. The Dynasty building is located at King Street and Rupert Avenue and contains shops, offices, and the Chinese Culture and Community Centre, which houses the only Chinese library in Manitoba. The six storey Dynasty Building features Chinese influenced architecture. The Mandarin Building is decorated with a replica of the Imperial Nine Dragons mural, and it is connected to the Dynasty building by a decorative street bridge.

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Chinatown, Winnipeg is Winnipeg based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category.