Yen Wo building

The Yen Wo Society building at 1713 Government Street, Victoria, B.C. Built in 1911, the building's third floor houses the Tam Kung Temple. This building is a reminder of the Hakka population in Victoria's Chinatown. The Hakka migrated to Guangdong during the Eastern Dynasty but retained their traditional dialect and customs. Victoria was one of the few places overseas where the Hakka settled and, in 1905, they founded a volunteer association in Chinatown, the Yen Wo Society.

In Collection:

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Creator

• Hargreaves, L. W.

Subject

• Fraternal organizations
• Immigrants
• Associations, institutions, etc.
• Historic buildings
• Yen Wo Society (Victoria, B.C.)

Identifier

• AMOS 54yenwoBldg

Date created

• 2008

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Alternative title

• Yen Wo Society building (人和會館)

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48.4294, -123.3679

Physical repository

• Amos, Robert

Collection

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• color photographs
• photographs

Is referenced by

• Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Images supplied by Victoria's Chinatown project. Metadata by GF. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• Copyright held by Robert Amos. Permission granted for use on Victoria’s Chinatown website only. For all other uses please contact the copyright holder. These images are provided with the consent of Robert Amos, and cannot be reproduced or copied without his permission.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/5d33-nb43

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