Gur Sikh Temple
The Gur Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) (Punjabi: ਗੁਰ ਸਿੱਖ਼ ਗੁਰਦੁਵਾਰਾ) of Abbotsford in British Columbia is the oldest existing Sikh temple in North America and a National Historic Site Canada. This makes it currently (2010) the only Sikh temple outside of India and Pakistan, that is designated as national historic site. While it is the oldest existing Gurdwara in Canada and North America, it is the third-oldest to be built in the country and continent. The oldest Gurdwara in Canada was built by early Sikh-Canadian settlers in Golden, British Columbia in 1905, which would later be destroyed by fire in 1926. Meanwhile, the second-oldest Gurdwara to be built in Canada opened in 1908 in Kitsilano (Vancouver), aimed at serving a growing number of Sikh settlers who worked at nearby sawmills along False Creek at the time, which would later close and be demolished in 1970, with the temple society relocating to the newly built Gurdwara on Ross Street, in South Vancouver.
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South Fraser Way, Abbotsford Mill Lake
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N 49.051111111111 ° | E -122.30694444444 ° |
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Ambassador Building
South Fraser Way 33119
V2S 2B1 Abbotsford, Mill Lake
British Columbia, Canada
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