Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre

**Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre**

Location	New Denver, British Columbia, Canada,
Type	museum and interpretive centre
Website	newdenver.ca/nikkei/
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2007

The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is a museum and interpretive centre in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada, dedicated to the history of the Japanese Canadians who were relocated to internment camps during World War II by the Canadian government (see Japanese Canadian internment).

View of garden from inside Internment Centre building

The site consists of five buildings, of which three are original shacks built to house the interred people. Many artifacts such as stoves and furnishings are preserved, as are some personal effects of the displaced people. It also features a Japanese garden designed by Roy Sumi, a former supervisor of the Nitobe Memorial Garden at the University of British Columbia.

The centre was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007.^[1]

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with the CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

↑ Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

External links

Village of New Denver - Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre website

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Coordinates: 49°59′12″N 117°22′31″W / 49.98667°N 117.37528°W / 49.98667; -117.37528

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