LOOK BACK: Impressions on the land: Traces of Japanese Canadian Lives on the North Island

LOOK BACK: Impressions on the land: Traces of Japanese Canadian Lives on the North Island

History leaves traces on the landscape. The Museum at Campbell River was recently reminded of this with a project researching the histories of Japanese Canadians living on Northern Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands before the Second World War. Across the region, there are signs of long-past Nikkei, Japanese emigrants and their descendants who lived outside Japan. A weathered tombstone, a model boat tucked away in an exhibit, old fruit t…