Steveston, at the mouth of the Fraser River, was a flourishing Japanese fishing community in the early 1900s. Many fishermen came from Wakayama prefecture in Japan.
Moncton Street, the main street of Steveston in the 1930s. (photo: Toyo Takata, Toronto)
Shipyards like the Atagi Boatworks in Steveston, B.C. produced excellent fishing crafts. (photo: Mrs. Tosh Kawai, Montreal)
Japanese built their own hospital in Steveston in 1897, following a serious outbreak of typhoid fever. (photo: Vancouver Public Library)
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