Sunshine Valley, British Columbia
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Sunshine Valley, formerly named Tashme, is an unincorporated settlement and former Japanese Canadian internment
camp on the Crowsnest Highway
between of the town of Hope
(NW) and the entrance to Manning Park in the Cascade Mountains
of British Columbia
. Located just outside the 100 mile "quarantine" zone from which all Japanese Canadians were removed during World War II, it was a large camp housing 2400 people on the site of a former Depression-era Relief Workers' Camp. Men housed in the camp were employed in the construction of the highway during the war. After the war, the site was sold off and has continued in existence as a proposed Boy's Town, the Allison Lumber Company (a combined lumber and mine venture) and then a small campground and recreational community, and served as the basetown for the small Silvertip Ski Area which was located at the head of Tearse Creek, a tributary of the Upper Sumallo River
which flows north into the town from the south & upon entering the town, turns southeast & enters Manning Park. In Hope, there is a Tashme Friendship Garden in memory of the camp and its residents.
Japanese Canadian internment
Japanese Canadian internment refers to confinement of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia during World War II. The internment began in December 1941, following the attack by carrier-borne forces of Imperial Japan on American naval and army facilities at Pearl Harbor...
camp on the Crowsnest Highway
Crowsnest Highway
The Crowsnest Highway, also known as the Interprovincial or, in British Columbia, the Southern Trans-Provincial, is an east-west highway, in length, through the southern parts of British Columbia and Alberta, providing the shortest highway connection between British Columbia's Lower Mainland and...
between of the town of Hope
Hope, British Columbia
Hope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon...
(NW) and the entrance to Manning Park in the Cascade Mountains
North Cascades
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in Canada as the Cascade Mountains...
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. Located just outside the 100 mile "quarantine" zone from which all Japanese Canadians were removed during World War II, it was a large camp housing 2400 people on the site of a former Depression-era Relief Workers' Camp. Men housed in the camp were employed in the construction of the highway during the war. After the war, the site was sold off and has continued in existence as a proposed Boy's Town, the Allison Lumber Company (a combined lumber and mine venture) and then a small campground and recreational community, and served as the basetown for the small Silvertip Ski Area which was located at the head of Tearse Creek, a tributary of the Upper Sumallo River
Sumallo River
The Sumallo River is located in southern British Columbia, in the Cascade Mountains to the east of Hope. It begins on the east slopes of Mount Payne, south of the village of Sunshine Valley. It flows north until it reaches Sunshine Valley where it turns southeast and proceeds into Manning Park...
which flows north into the town from the south & upon entering the town, turns southeast & enters Manning Park. In Hope, there is a Tashme Friendship Garden in memory of the camp and its residents.
External links
- Discover Nikkei Website: Description of Tashme
- Discover Nikkei Website: Photo collection (Nos. 4, 5 and 8 are of Tashme)