Japanese internment and relocation centres List of concentration and internment camps

1 japanese internment , relocation centres

1.1 camps , relocation centres in west kootenay , boundary regions
1.2 self-supporting centres in lillooet-fraser canyon region
1.3 camps , relocation centres elsewhere in canada

japanese internment , relocation centres

during world war ii, canada interned residents of japanese ancestry. on 75% canadian citizens , vital in key areas of economy, notably fishery , logging , berry farming. exile took 2 forms: relocation centres families , relatively well-off individuals low security threat, , internment camps (often called concentration camps in contemporary accounts, controversially so) single men, less well-off, , deemed security risk. after war, many did not return coast because of bitter feelings treatment, , fears of further hostility non-japanese citizens; of returned 25% regained confiscated property , businesses. remained in other parts of canada, notably parts of british columbia interior , in neighbouring province of alberta.

camps , relocation centres in west kootenay , boundary regions

internment camps, called relocation centres , @ greenwood, kaslo, lemon creek, new denver, rosebery, sandon, slocan city, , tashme. nearly-empty ghost towns when internment began, others, kaslo , greenwood, while less populous in boom years, substantial communities.

self-supporting centres in lillooet-fraser canyon region

a different kind of camp, known self-supporting centre, found in other regions. bridge river, minto city, mcgillivray falls, east lillooet, taylor lake in lillooet country or nearby. other taylor lake, these called self-supporting centres , not internment camps. first 3 listed in mountainous area physically isolated fences , guards not required egress region rail or water. mcgillivray falls , tashme, on crowsnest highway east of hope, british columbia, on minimum 100 miles coast required deportation order, though tashme had direct road access on distance, unlike mcgillivray. because of isolation of country coast-wards mcgillivray, men camp hired work @ sawmill in has since been named devine, after mill s owner, within 100-mile quarantine zone. many of in east lillooet camp hired work in town, or on farms nearby, particularly @ fountain, while @ minto , minto mine , @ bridge river worked railway or hydro company.

camps , relocation centres elsewhere in canada

there internment camps near kananaskis, alberta; petawawa, ontario; hull, quebec; minto, new brunswick; amherst, nova scotia , st. john s, newfoundland. 250 people worked guards @ amherst, nova scotia camp @ park , hickman streets april 1915 september 1919. prisoners, including leon trotsky, cleared land around experimental farm , built pool in dickey park.