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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Barkerville China Exhibit receives PG Public Library’s Jeanne Clarke Memorial Service Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">March 23, 2015 (Barkerville, BC) –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Sunday evening the Board of Directors of the Prince George Public Library presented its annual Jeanne Clarke Memorial Service Award to the Barkerville Heritage Trust, in recognition of the Trust’s</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">
“outstanding contributions in the preservation and promotion of local history”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> through the
<i>“Who Am I?” Bridging the Pacific: From Guangdong to Barkerville and Back </i>exhibit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Barkerville celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2012, and as part of the historic town’s 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary developed a unique multimedia exhibit in response to interest expressed by
several institutions in China. “<i>Who Am I?”</i> depicts the lives of Chinese settlers in the Cariboo through the use of historic Barkerville letters and photographs, including portraits by important local Chinese photographer, C.D. Hoy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comprised of some 60 panels and more than 1600 digital images, the exhibit<i>
</i>allows viewers to scroll through photographs mounted on interactive, bilingual touchscreen kiosks in the hopes of identifying some of the mostly anonymous Chinese immigrants who contributed much to the gold rush in Barkerville in the 1860s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“Who Am I?” Bridging the Pacific: From Guangdong to Barkerville and Back
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">was made possible thanks to funding and support from the Cariboo Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition, the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, the Province of BC’s Ministry of Community, Sport & Cultural Development and Ministry
of Jobs, Tourism & Skills Training, the City of Prince George, and several dedicated private donors.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The initiative has received a lot of attention on its current tour of China, including an official opening in Guangzhou by the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David
Johnston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">“We are deeply honoured to have received this award,” said John Massier, Chair of the Barkerville Heritage Trust. “We thank the Board of the Prince George Public Library for recognizing our efforts
to showcase the region’s local history on an international stage.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Jeanne Clarke Memorial local history service award was established by the Prince George Public Library board in 1985, in memory of Jeanne Clarke, a former board chair who served on the library board from
1978 to 1984. Clarke was a founding member of the Prince George Public Library's Local History Committee, and played a key role in establishing the Prince George Public Library's local history collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information about the Prince George Library’s Jeanne Clarke Memorial Service Award, please visit:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/jeanneclarkeaward"><span style="color:windowtext">www.lib.pg.bc.ca/jeanneclarkeaward</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information about Barkerville’s
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">traveling exhibit, <i>“Who Am I?” Bridging the Pacific: From Guangdong to Barkerville and Back</i>,<i>
</i>please visit </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.barkerville.ca/china.htm"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:windowtext">www.barkerville.ca/china.htm</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.
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</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(from left)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">:<i>
</i>BHT Directors Les Waldie, Don Bassermann and Ramona Rose, Barkerville curator Mandy Kilsby, PG Public Library Vice Chair Mike Collins, BHT Chair John Massier, and Barkerville CEO Ed Coleman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">James Douglas | Manager, Visitor Experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">B A R K E R V I L L E H I S T O R I C T O W N<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Box 19 | Barkerville, BC | V0K 1B0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">250-994-3302 ext. 41 | 888-994-3332 toll free | 250-255-7938 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.barkerville.ca/"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">barkerville.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
| </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.barkervillebog.com"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">barkervilleblog.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
| </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/barkervillebc"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">www.facebook.com/barkervillebc</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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