Hastings Park and Powell Street Walking Tours

Hastings_ParkHastings Park Walking Tour

When:
Saturday, June 20, 2015, 10am
Saturday, July 25, 2015, 10am

Where: Meet at the northeast corner of Renfrew Street at East Hastings Street (PNE Fairgrounds), Vancouver.

Admission: NNMCC members $8 + tax | non-members $10 + tax. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot in advance.

In early 1942, over 8,000 Japanese Canadians were detained in Hastings Park before being sent to internment sites in the BC interior or to work camps across the country. Discover the history of the early days of Japanese Canadian internment and the Hastings Park commemoration project.

Tours are approximately 120 minutes.

To purchase tickets, go online at http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/hastings-park-walk-2015/ or call 604.777.7000 ext.109.

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Powell_StreetPowell Street Walking Tour

When:
Saturday, June 13, 2015, 10am.
Saturday, July 11, 2015, 10am

Where: Meet in front of the Vancouver Buddhist Temple, 220 Jackson Avenue @ Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.

Admission: NNMCC members $8 + tax | non-members $10 + tax. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot in advance.

On this historical tour of Powell Street we will take you back in time to the pre-war, bustling community of Japanese Canadians who lived and worked in this area. The area grew and thrived over a fifty-year period from the 1890s to its abrupt end with the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II in 1942.

Tours are approximately 90 to 120 minutes.

To purchase tickets, go online at http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/ps-walk-2015/ or call 604.777.7000 ext.109.