City of Vancouver's Museum...Ongoing Exhibit

ONGOING EXHIBITS:“Real estate men reap a harvest.” “Eight years ago a woman bought a house and lot in Vancouver for $1,780. A few weeks ago she sold it to a Vancouver investor for $17,700 cash.” Sound familiar? The parallel to today is striking yet these are the headlines from the 1905 Province and the Pacific Monthly from 1912.


As War in the Pacific breaks out on December 7th, 1941, officials register all Canadians of Japanese descent, confiscate their property, and send them to internment camps. This and other stories of perseverance and survival are at the heart of this groundbreaking exhibit ...