Finn Slough is a tiny

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fishing community located at the south end of No. 4 Road in the

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area of

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, Canada. The community has approximately 30 residents who live in wooden houses, both floating and built on pilings, along the marshy river bank. Many of the buildings were built between the late 19th century and 1950s and many have decayed severely, while some have been carefully restored. Finn Slough was founded by Finnish settlers who came to Richmond in the 1880s. Most of these residents made a good living from fishing and became local landowners. The sleepy and decaying village of Finn Slough has been repeatedly photographed, and it appears on numerous postcards sold throughout

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tourist shops.

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* Ethnic enclaves in British Columbia European-Canadian culture in British Columbia Neighbourhoods in Richmond, British Columbia Populated places on the Fraser River Finnish diaspora in Canada {{gvrd-stub