Nominated and provincially recognized historic places in British Columbia, as identified through the Japanese Canadian Historic Places Recognition Project.

  • Provincially recognized under s. 18 of the Heritage Conservation Act Recognized Sites
  • On February 24, 1942, the Federal government issued Order in Council PC-1486 ordering over 22,000 men, women and children of Japanese descent out of the "Protected Area", which included the islands lying off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, and extended inland from the coast for 100 miles (160 km). Protected Area