Vancouver Centennial Plaque #91 – Sikh Temple
Address: 1807 Burrard Street
Status: Missing, but there is a Places That Matter sign
“SIKH TEMPLE
The majority of East Indian immigrants were Sikhs from the Punjab region of India. Many were employed in the sawmills around False Creek. By 1908 the first temple, a centre for religious, cultural and social affairs, was built at 1866 West 2nd Avenue.”
Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives
Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM54-S4- Ch P84)
