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Aya's Story
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Aya Higashi (nee Atagi) built a new life in Kaslo after her wartime internment there.
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The Atagi family were boat builders.  Atagi Boatworks, Steveston Harbour, BC
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Aya's father was in charge of the cannery fleet at the Quathiaski Canning Company.
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Boat at Quathiaski Canning Co. wharf.
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Salmon Seiner
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View of Quathiaski Canning Co. fishing fleet.
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Brailing Salmon
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Militarism in Japan in the 1930's enflamed racist tendencies in British Columbia.
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'Fisherman and Navy Patrol' Note the boat's name, changed for propaganda purposes.
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Hastings Park becomes a 'clearing house' for Japanese Canadians.
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Langham Hotel Under Construction
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BC Security Commission Office Staff
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Japanese Canadian nurses at the Victorian Hospital in Kaslo.
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Medical staff in front of the hospital.
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Dr. Banno and Nurses joking around.
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Nurse and Patient in Dental Clinic
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The New Canadian Staff
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The New Canadian staffer Junji Ikeno on the linotype machine.
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