"Edmonton’s first Chinese settler was a man named Chung Kee, also known as Chung Gee and John Kee. On May 26th, 1890, he arrived by stagecoach from Calgary, accompanied by a man generally assumed to be his brother, named Chung Yan. Chung Kee started a laundry at 428 Jasper Avenue (now 9725 Jasper Avenue)."

Chinese Hand Laundries: A History of The First Chinese Entrepreneurs in Edmonton (ECAMP)
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/12/03/chinese-hand-laundries-a-history-of-the-first-chinese-entrepreneurs-in-edmonton/

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