Manzo Nagano Garden - Vancouver, BC
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N 49° 15.685 W 123° 06.822
10U E 491727 N 5456522
One of many historical markers in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Waymark Code: WM1945A
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/22/2023
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The plaque says, "From Kuchinotsu, Japan, Manzo was the first known Japanese immigrant to Canada. In March 1877, at age 24, he left Japan for North America aboard a British steamer, arriving in May in British Columbia. He fished near Rivers Inlet and eventually settled in Victoria, where he ran a number of businesses, a hotel for Japanese migrants, a Japanese curio shop as well as one that sold supplies to prospectors headed to the Klondike. In 1977, to commemorate 100 years of Japanese in Canada, a mountain, Mt. Manzo Nagano in British Columbia, was named in his honor."
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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