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Japanese bowls found at the site.
With racism against Japanese Canadians on the rise, says Muckle, the village’s remote location may have provided inhabitants with a sense of security.
It was fueled, partly, by white Canadians’ resentment of Japanese Canadian’s growing economic power, including their agricultural success.
By March 16, Canadian officials transported the first group of Japanese Canadians to Hastings Park, a race track and exhibition ground in Vancouver.
The trauma and displacement of internment caused many Japanese Canadians to lose track of their family histories.