Nazar Singh Gill ➔ [Transcription of interview with Nazar Singh Gill]

Item
Identifier:
2022_16_32_003
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Repository Identifier
Nazar Singh Gill Transcription
Date
November 21 2014;Date(s) of creation
Extent
7 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
Transcription of interview with Nazar Singh Gill in which he discusses his immigration to Canada and his initial thoughts about life in Canada. Gill discusses how he first worked as a cleaner at Harman Sawmill in Mission, B.C and later once it opened, he began working as a sawmill labourer. He also mentions the health complications he developed later in life that prevented him from continuing to work in sawmills. Gill instead purchased a raspberry and blueberry farm which he sold a few years later. He concludes by mentioning the different jobs he held while working in sawmills and discusses the people he worked with.
Location
Canada;British Columbia
Language
English
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Sikhs [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122444];South Asians [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125544];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Timber [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135386]