Artifact #7
Arriving in Tashme (March 1942)
Trains and trucks were used to forcibly remove the 22,000 Japanese Canadians from the 100 mile "protected area" of the west coast of British Columbia in the spring, summer and fall of 1942. The family camps were located in mining ghost towns or were created on leased farmland or ranchland in the interior of British Columbia.
Consider the following questions as you examine this photograph:
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How would you feel if this happened to your family?
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What would you miss the most if you were uprooted and sent off to the interior of BC?
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Each person could only bring one suitcase, maximum weight 150 lbs. for adults, 75 lbs. for children. What would you bring? What would you have left behind?
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Consider the transportation methods used to bring people to the camps.