Prior to the internments of 1942, Japanese Canadians had a strong and long agricultural presence in Pitt Meadows. Some families, such as the Fujimotos, had arrived in the community as early as 1912. The Japanese Canadian Meeting Hall, which is located on Advent Road a short distance west from Harris Road was built in 1939 on two acres of land that had been purchased a few years earlier for $200.00. The Pitt Meadows Japanese Canadian community had only a few short years to enjoy it as it was expropriated by the government in 1942. The building is now a church and the surrounding subdivision continues to encroach upon it.<\/p>\r\n
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?<\/span>This image shows Japanese Canadians standing in front of the Japanese Canadian Meeting Hall. The Japanese and the British red Ensign flags fly in background. This photo was taken on February 11, 1940.<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"japanese-canadian-meeting-hall","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1534960499_main_1japanese-canadian-meeting-hall.jpg","IMG2":"1534960500_main_2japanese-canadian-meeting-hall.jpg","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X Prior to the internments of 1942, Japanese Canadians had a strong and long agricultural presence in Pitt Meadows. Some families, such as the Fujimotos, had arrived in the community as early as 1912. The Japanese Canadian Meeting Hall, which is located on Advent Road a short distance west from Harris Road was built in 1939 on two acres of land that had been purchased a few years earlier for $200.00. The Pitt Meadows Japanese Canadian community had only a few short years to enjoy it as it was expropriated by the government in 1942. The building is now a church and the surrounding subdivision continues to encroach upon it. This image shows Japanese Canadians standing in front of the Japanese Canadian Meeting Hall. The Japanese and the British red Ensign flags fly in background. This photo was taken on February 11, 1940.Japanese Canadian Meeting Hall
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Latitude: 49.2262240119304
Longitude: -122.69259676337
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/japanese-canadian-meeting-hall
