Tashme Incarceration Camp

Tashme Incarceration Camp
Tashme Incarceration Camp is located in British Columbia
Tashme Incarceration Camp
Location of Tashme Incarceration Camp in British Columbia
Tashme Incarceration Camp is located in Canada
Tashme Incarceration Camp
Tashme Incarceration Camp (Canada)
LocationSunshine Valley, British Columbia
Coordinates49°16′28″N 121°14′58″W / 49.27444°N 121.24944°W / 49.27444; -121.24944
Area600 acres
Founded1942[1]
Demolished1946[1]

The Tashme Incarceration Camp (/ˈtæʒmɪ/ [Anglicized pronunciation] or /ˈtɑːʃɪmɪ/ [Japanese pronunciation]) was a purpose-built incarceration camp constructed to forcibly detain people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of Canada during World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Located at the current unincorporated community of Sunshine Valley, east of Hope in British Columbia, Canada, Tashme was operational between 1942 and 1946 and had a peak population of 2,624 people[2] to 2,636 people.[3] Tashme was constructed on 600 acres of leased land for $500/year on the A.B. Trites Farm.[4]

  1. ^ a b Shimokura, Howard. "Timeline". Tashme Historical Project. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ Shimokura, Howard. "www.tashme.ca". Tashme. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ NNMCC (2013). Karizumai: A Guide to Japanese Canadian Internment Sites (2nd ed.). Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. p. 9.
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