Cumberland BC: The Cumberlander Articles Section
Local · 19th April 2011
Empire Days Committee
Cumberland Empire Events Society Salutes
“Love those Loggers”
Cumberland’s first Heritage Celebration of Queen Victoria’s May 24th birthday was held in May 1888. In 2011 the community will celebrate 123 years of May Day Celebrations in Cumberland.
From its beginning the main focus for this event has been celebration of Cumberland’s Cultural Diversity. Cumberland’s working mining town history is one built on immigration. Encircling downtown Cumberland are town sites of Chinese, Japanese and African American immigrant workers.
Each year the Cumberland Empire Days Committee holds a week, of events leading up to the long weekend in May. This year, Empire Days will celebrate with music, song, dance and ceremony. Each year they choose a theme and this year it is “Love those Loggers”.
The Logging industry started in Cumberland in the 1800`s just after the mining started. They needed wood for shoring up the walls of the mines and
the buildings that supported the mining industry. They also required wood to build the miners homes and commercial buildings along Dunsmuir
Avenue. Many men came to work for the Logging Companies, some men preferred this to going underground in the mines.
For complete day-to-day details, please download attached PDF.
“Love those Loggers”
Cumberland’s first Heritage Celebration of Queen Victoria’s May 24th birthday was held in May 1888. In 2011 the community will celebrate 123 years of May Day Celebrations in Cumberland.
From its beginning the main focus for this event has been celebration of Cumberland’s Cultural Diversity. Cumberland’s working mining town history is one built on immigration. Encircling downtown Cumberland are town sites of Chinese, Japanese and African American immigrant workers.
Each year the Cumberland Empire Days Committee holds a week, of events leading up to the long weekend in May. This year, Empire Days will celebrate with music, song, dance and ceremony. Each year they choose a theme and this year it is “Love those Loggers”.
The Logging industry started in Cumberland in the 1800`s just after the mining started. They needed wood for shoring up the walls of the mines and
the buildings that supported the mining industry. They also required wood to build the miners homes and commercial buildings along Dunsmuir
Avenue. Many men came to work for the Logging Companies, some men preferred this to going underground in the mines.
For complete day-to-day details, please download attached PDF.
(Cumberland_Empire_Events_Society-3.pdf)