from Wah Lee to Chew Keen

Who was Wah Lee? To the Keen family living in North Cariboo B.C. Wah Lee was their forefather from China; amongst local historians Wah Lee is the name for a general store in Quesnel B.C. This book unravels the mystery of a name which is also the story of a person a business and a family that traverses 150 years of history and crosses the Pacific from China to Canada. What unfolds is not just the history of one family but a history of the recent past in Canada and China told through the trials and fortunes hopes and dreams of individual family members. This is a story that can be treasured by family members historians and other Chinese-Canadians alike in years to come.