Thunder River Japanese Road Camp Cabins

DescriptionTitle ProperThunder River Japanese Road Camp CabinsDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1943General material designation

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Scope and content

This image depicts a cluster of five log cabins and two sheds from the Thunder River Road Camp. There is a mountain peak in the background and a forest right near the cabins. In the foreground is a number of stumps and uprooted trees as well as a stack of chopped wood. On the back of the photograph is written "camp" in English as well as Japanese characters.

Name of creator

Fumiko Kawata was born in 1938 in Cumberland BC to parents Itoko and Yoshitoshi Kawata. Yoshitoshi's parents were Sowa & Kinshiro Kawata from Ehime prefecture. Kinshiro came to Canada as a farm labourer on the Empress of Russia Dec 19, 1922, his nearest relative at that time was Tomi Kawata of Yanazaki Mura, Nishiwa gori, Ehime Ken, Japan. Itoko and Yoshitoshi were born in Japan and remained Japanese Nationals.

Immediate source of acquisition

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.