War and Expulsion

	Impounded Boats, New Westminster 1,200 fishing boats were impounded. The Japanese Canadian Citizens League and the New Canadian newspaper counseled cooperation with authorities saying this war crisis was "the acid test" of Japanese Canadian loyalty. Photo 1942
	Men's Dorm, Hastings Park The Livestock Building at Hastings Park was the processing centre for the new B.C.Security commission which directed the total evacuation of all Japanese Canadians from the coast. Photo 1942, courtesy Vancouver Public Library
	Rosebery Road Camp, B.C. In March 1942, all Japanese males, Canadian born and naturalized citizens alike, were ordered to road camps in B.C. and Ontario. Those who protested and evaded evacuation were arrested. Photo circa 1942, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Impounded Cars Property that could not be carried by hand was held by the Custodian of Alien Property for "safekeeping". Cars were turned in at Hastings Park. Within a year the goods wre sold without consent. Photo 1942, courtesy Vancouver Public Library
	Women's Dorm, Hastings Park The Hastings Park transfer centre held up to 4,000 awaiting relocation to the interior. The separation of families was protested. Conditions were humiliating. Photo 1941, courtesy Vancouver Public Library
	Nisei Men Leave for Road Camp The evacuation had begun without a plan. In April it was decided that remote B.C. ghost towns, abandoned after the gold rush, would be used to house expelled Japanese Canadians. Photo 1942, courtesy Vancouver Public Library
	Immigration Building, Vancouver The Nisei Mass Evacuation Group protested the break-up of families. Many, in protest, gave themselves up en masse. The Immigration Building holding detainees and Ontario prison camps filled to capacity. Photo circa 1942, courtesy Vancouver Public Library

Evacuation Camps

	Slocan Tents By the summer of 1942, special trains left Hastings Park, Vancouver and Fraser Valley daily, bound for the interior camps. The camps were unprepared and tents were required. Photo 1942, courtesy of Roy Miki
	Tashme Arrival A crowd lines the road to watch as truckloads of evacuees arrive at Tashme. Some were shipped in community groups preserving social ties. Others were isolated from family and friends. Photo 1942, courtesy of the Archives of Ontario
	Bay Farm, Slocan Valley In isolated locations, rows of two-family shacks were built, and although without barbed wire fences, they were "guarded" by the RCMP. Letters were censored, registration cards issued, and no one could leave without a permit. Photo circa 1942, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Tar Paper Shacks The first winter temperatures dropped to minus 25F. Green firewood provided little warmth in uninsulated shacks. Water pipes froze, icicles dripped down the walls, clothing and bedding mildewed. Photo 1942, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Couple in Bedroom, Lemon Creek Two families were housed in 3-room shacks. Each of the two families numbered from two to five. The communal room had a wood cook stove and, later, a sink. Behind was an outhouse and patch of land for gardening. Photo 1945, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Staff of Tashme High School Primary school in the camps was federally run. Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United churches lent support to a kindergarten and high school teaching staff to 125 drawn from the evacuees. Photo 1945, courtesy of Roy Ito.