Sumallo River

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 “Tashme”
was used as a Japanese internment camp.

Between 1942 and 1946 twenty-four hundred
Japanese-Canadian people were housed there.

The site is currently the community Sunshine Valley.

In Hope, there's a “Tashme Friendship Garden”
dedicated to the Japanese-Canadians who
were interned during World War II.


"Bill Robinson's Cabin" Camp Defiance ( Foundation Mines) exists today on the banks of the Sumallo River
Photo - 1921
		Bill Robinson - the man on the left

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 “Tashme” was used as a Japanese internment camp. Between 1942 and 1946 twenty-four hundred Japanese-Canadian people were housed there. The site is currently the community Sunshine Valley. In Hope, there's a “Tashme Friendship Garden” dedicated to the Japanese-Canadians who were interned during World War II.
Photo - early 194o's