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Bidboard #
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1915
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Lot #
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145
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$175.00
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Price Realized:
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$180
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Canada Covers
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BC British Columbia. Japanese Internment Camp at Shalalth (Bridge River) 1942 sent to Mr. Fred Lowe c/o The American News Company in Vancouver. After the attach on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians on the coast were removed from their homes and businesses and sent to Internment Camps in BC and across Canada. The Bridge River Internment Camp was a self-supporting camp. Home to 270 internees, the camp had both medical & dental service provided by Japanese Canadian doctors whose services expanded beyond the internees to provide services to many others in the area. Estimate
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