Asian Heritage Month – Remembering the Japanese of Silva Bay: A Century After the Sawmill Fire - Gabriola Sounder

Asian Heritage Month – Remembering the Japanese of Silva Bay: A Century After the Sawmill Fire - Gabriola Sounder

Yarrow Aiko Koontz Gabriola Historical and Museum Society This year marks the 100th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the Sunrise Sawmill, once located near the corner of Westgyle and North Roads. Though the sawmill is long gone, the lives of the Japanese Canadians who lived and worked there—and elsewhere in Silva Bay before their forced removal in 1942—are being remembered thanks to the work of local residents, historians, and descendants.…