Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.004.004 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Photo of a group of men in front of a wood building. There is Kanji writing on the photograph, it says, "Everyone at Timberland Camp in commemoration of farewell to Mr. Heikchi Nishimura September 8, Showa 3". Showa 3 (possibly 5) = 1928, refers to the third year of the reign of Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989). |
Image File Name |
1928 - Timberland Japanese Camp - Ladysmith - 2019004004 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1928/ / |
Place |
Ladysmith |
Provenance |
Donated by Hideharu Shinkawa of Hiroshima in 1998. Their father and grandfather worked in the lumber industry in the Cowichan Valley. The Timberland Development Company (known as Timberland Lumber Company off the island, they originated from New Westminster) was incorporated in December 1918. They had a sizeable logging camp in Ladysmith. They came to the island because they were running out of forest to cut. The mill was moved to the Fraser River so that logs could be floated in from the coast. |
Search Terms |
Japanese-Canadian Multiculturalism sawmill Shinkawa Timberland Lumber Company crew Timberland Development Company |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Shinkawa Nishimura |
Subjects |
Sawmills People People associated with manual labor Camp |