INTERNMENT LIVING

Before the internment, we lived in Port Hammond (Maple Ridge) BC and in 1942 we were forcibly removed to Hastings Park, then to tent city of Popoff, followed by Bay Farm, and lastly in 1946 New Denver. B.C.

POPOFF, B.C.

We lived in Popoff for a couple of months in 1942 until our shack was built in Bay Farm. We ate food in a mess hall and later the town developed from tents into more permanent structures.

BAY FARM, B.C.

We lived at #9 4th Ave, Bay Farm (1942- October 1946). The Japanese shacks had two bedrooms, one room with two beds and the other a bunk bed.

NEW DENVER ORCHARD, B.C.

We lived at the following addresses in New Denver Orchard.

65 Main Street, New Denver Orchard, BC, October 1946–  July 1949

105 Marine Drive, New Denver Orchard, BC, July 1949 – August 1952

The yard is ready for  digging, planting for the much needed crop of vegetables for our daily needs. I enjoyed the  tall beans, flat peas, carrots, kabocha,  strawberries, nasubi, cucumbers and tomatoes. Potatoes and daikon were  planted elsewhere, they took a lot of land to support their growth.

MAP OF SLOCAN CITY, SLOCAN LAKE, BAY FARM, POPOFF AND LEMON CREEK (1945)

The above image is taken from Nikkei Legacy Park in Greenwood, BC.