The Story of the Japanese Gardens on the Gorge Waterway

In 1904, the British Columbia Electric Railway Company purchased twenty acres on the Gorge Waterway from the Hudson’s Bay Company. The following year, Tramway Gorge Park opened with walkways, bridges, picnic tables, and most importantly, electric lights. “And [The BC...
Looking Back: Before Internment in Pitt Meadows

Looking Back: Before Internment in Pitt Meadows

The old Japanese Canadian Hall on Advent Road was once filled with hundreds of Japanese Canadians before their internment to Manitoba in 1942. — image credit: Contributed Looking Back By Mark Chen I saw the Japanese island of Hokkaido from the airplane window when my...