China Camp - Supplementary Images

While the word is of Chinese origin, "Sampan" is a rather loosely used term in English for Chinese small and medium sized boats. It is not clear what the original Chinese Americans at China Camp called their boats. Below is a photograph a boat from Hong Kong in 2006, which more closely reflects the original type of boats with which the term originated in China, although now powered by an outboard engine.

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Photograph by Malcolm Collier