I recently found an article by Greg Nesteroff in the Grand Forks Now about the storage shed at Alpine Inn at Christina Lake that may be added to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s heritage register.

Alpine Inn mainly consisted of a hotel and cabins that housed Japanese Canadian internees during WWII. There is a reference in the news article to the list of over 100 people that I researched and compiled that included my parents and relatives. The hotel burned down many years ago but some of the cabins and the storage shed remain. Both my parents’ cabins still exist and my dad’s house was recently put up for sale for an astounding $800,000.

During WWII, the current storage building was used as the office for the BC Securities Commission. The Japanese Canadian internees’ community truck and gas pump were also located out front.

Jamie Forbes has researched and designed an information and interpretive sign about the internment of Japanese Canadians that was erected in September of 2025. This sign includes photos of my parents and relatives and maps drawn by my aunt. He is a local historian who has also published a book about the history of Alpine Inn.