Are you a Japanese Canadian or descendant with family history related to Salt Spring Island? Would you be interested in contributing family histories, stories, or photographs to a signage project related to the Japanese Canadian history of Salt Spring Island?…
The City of Prince Rupert and our community partners are conducting historical research into the Japanese Canadian community of Prince Rupert before and after their forced uprooting from our region. With support from the Japanese Canadian Legacies Fund, we are…
Introduction The City of Richmond is seeking a consultant to conduct historical research into the Japanese boat builders of Steveston. Project Background Starting in the 1880s, many of BC’s finest fishing boats were built in Nikkei-run boat yards. Their style…
BC Heritage Sites is a key program of Japanese Canadian Legacies, developed to assist local communities in British Columbia in promoting public awareness of pre-war Japanese Canadian history through interpretive heritage projects at sites of ancestral communities and other places…
Chemainus Festival of Murals Society Confidential Call for Artists – Japanese Canadian Legacies Project The position has been filled – thank you to all who applied Project description This unique and unnamed installation contains a mural plus other elements. It…
Sitting, left to right: Johnny Ikari (95 years old), Fumio Izuka (90) and Shig Uyeyama (90). Standing, left to right: Chuck Tasaka, George Yamaguchi, Audrey (Higashi) Stewart, Sylvia Oye, Seiji and Sachi Matsuo, Gail Shimizu, Clare (Tanaka) Folvik, Boyd Higashi,…
Photo L–R: Linda Kawamoto Reid; Peter Vaisbord, Bowen Island Heritage Commission; Susanne Tabata; Ellen Hayakawa; Andrew Leonard, Bowen Island Mayor. Photo by Kathryn Gaitens. Bridal Veil Falls The Japanese style bridge that spanned Killarney Creek at the top of Bridal…
In November, Linda and Lane visited Ocean Falls, an isolated former pulp and paper mill town located at the head of Cousins Inlet at the west end of Dean Channel, just west of Bella Coola. Ocean Falls has historic and…
This October, BC Heritage Sites Coordinators Linda Kawamoto Reid and Lane McGarrity travelled north to Prince Rupert and the surrounding areas to assess the existing infrastructure and forge in-person connections with some of the key people in the region. Key…