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In 1942, more than 21,000 Japanese Canadians were unjustifiably removed from British Columbia's coast. Tashme internment camp held more than 2,644 men, women, and children, who lived in 347 crude tarpaper shacks. Despite horrible living conditions, the community organized stores, schools, churches, and a hospital at this site.
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