How Lytton Chinese History Museum rose from the ashes, almost five years after fire

LYTTON — Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese History Museum in October 2021, about four months after it and most of the village were destroyed by a wildfire that claimed two lives.
Clad in protective gear, she sifted through foot-deep ashes in the hope of recovering some of the artifacts that documented the Chinese community’s presence in the B.C. Interior, stretching back to the 19th century.“Those were sad days,” said Fandrich,