Mayo Singh

Mayo Singh emigrated from South Asia in 1906. He first worked in farms in Chilliwack, British Columbia, before joining other Sikhs in the lumber mills. In 1914, Singh partnered with Kapoor Singh to revive a lumber mill in New Westminster. In 1918, they expanded their business to Vancouver Island, establishing the Mayo Lumber Company near Duncan, B.C. A small mill town named Paldi after Mayo’s hometown village in South Asia soon raised up to support the several hundred Sikhs working at the mill.