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Paldi is a settlement on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.〔"(Punjab village rises to save Canadian gurdwara up for sale )" ((Archive )). ''Daily Mail''. March 20, 2012. Retrieved on October 19, 2014. - (Available at ) HighBeam Research〕 It is in proximity to Duncan.〔Pearce, Jacqueline. "Author's Note." In: Pearce, Jacqueline. ''The Reunion''. Orca Book Publishers, September 1, 2013. ISBN 1459806042, 9781459806047. p. (6 ). "Even in the town of Duncan, down the road from Paldi,()"〕 This town included an Indo-Canadian community,〔 and in 1973-1974 Paldi was the only Sikh enclave of any kind in all of Canada.〔Ames, and Inglis, “(Conflict and Change in British Columbia Sikh Family Life ),” p. 22.〕 Mayo Singh (1888-1955) founded the town,〔Nayar, ''The Punjabis in British Columbia'', p. (292 ).〕 naming it after his hometown, Paldi, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.〔 Singh, originally named Maiya Singh,〔Verma, ''(Status and Migration among the Punjabis of Paldi, British Columbia and Paldi, Punjab )'', p. 131.〕 was a Minhas Rajput.〔 He believed that having a name that would be easier for Anglo Canadians to pronounce would benefit his business prospects, so he began going by "Mayo." Hugh J.M. Johnston, the author of ''Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family'', wrote that the name "Mayo" "may have had some resonance for" Mayo Singh because one of the viceroys of India was Richard Bourke, the Sixth Earl of Mayo.〔Johnston, Hugh J.M. ''Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family''. UBC Press, November 15, 2011. ISBN 0774822198, 9780774822190. p. (82 ).〕 The first gurdwara opened in 1917.〔 A new gurdwara opened in 1928.〔Jagpal, Harjeet Singh. ''Becoming Canadians: Pioneer Sikhs in Their Own Words''. Harbour Pub., 1994. ISBN 1550171089, 9781550171082. p. (67 ).〕 In 2012 the gurdwara was for sale.〔 In 1953 Herb, Ted, and Gordon Singh, sons of Mayo Lumber Company partner Doman Singh, founded the Doman Lumber Company, which became Doman Industries.〔Nayar, ''The Punjabis in British Columbia'', p. (292 ).〕 Archana B. Verma wrote ''The Making of Little Punjab in Canada'', which included a study of Sikhs living in Paldi.〔Nayar, ''The Punjabis in British Columbia'', p. (286 ).〕 ==Government and infrastructure== The Paldi post office first opened on on June 1, 1936. On April 30, 1954 it closed, but on January 6, 1959 it was open again. On June 30, 1969, the post office closed permanently.〔"(Paldi )" ((Archive )). Government of British Columbia. Retrieved on October 31, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paldi, British Columbia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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