Newfoundland History: Gower Street

City Hall Dept: The monument commemorates a notorious tax that about 300 Chinese men paid to live in Newfoundland, according to CBC. The monument sits in a small park by the annex of St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street and features a photo of Chinese men that was taken during the final years of the tax and a new memorial in downtown St. John's records one of the darker chapters in Newfoundland history. Newfoundland imposed the head tax of $300 in 1906 to curb what was perceived as a rush of Chinese immigration. The tax, which was worth at least three years' wages, remained in effect until 1949. As reported in the news.
@t chinese immigration, chinese men