Iron Road

Lured by BC’s fabled Gold Mountain and the promise of riches, thousands of desperate Chinese workers left their homeland with a dream: to make their fortune in North America by laying a coast-to-coast railroad. Instead they discovered a treacherous undertaking that brought fortune to only a few. They learned that railway building through mountain passes meant a deadly mixture of explosives, iron, rock and wood. Every foot was purchased with muscle, sweat and too often death.
Fits the Gr. 10 SS curriculum in regards to the treatment of Chinese railroad builders in the Fraser Canyon. 95 min