The fire that destroyed Nanaimo’s last Chinatown to be commemorated

A commemoration of the fire that destroyed Nanaimo’s last Chinatown on Pine and Hecate Streets will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Sherron Soo, chair and founder of the newly formed Nanaimo Chinese Heritage Foundation, said the heritage event will mark the 66th anniversary of the fire, which occurred on Sept. 30, 1960.
The city’s third and fourth Chinatowns, located in the Pine and Hecate street area from 1908 until the fire, had a population of approximately 1,200 people at the heig