Kishi-Kimura Family History

Tag: Christina Lake

  • Alpine Inn Building at Christina Lake May Be Added to Heritage Registry

    Alpine Inn Building at Christina Lake May Be Added to Heritage Registry

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    Neil Kishi
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    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…

  • Izumi – Kishi Family Connection

    Izumi – Kishi Family Connection

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    Neil Kishi
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    Thanks to my fourth cousin Meiko Izumi, the Landscapes of Injustice database, kosekis, and census data, I have more information about the connection between the Kishi and Izumi families. It starts with Kiku Kishi (born 1840), the younger sister of Shojiro, my great great grandfather. She married Uuemon Izumi and they had 4 sons. The…

  • Miss Sandner

    Miss Sandner

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    Neil Kishi
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    This is a photo of the Miss Sandner, a boat built by my grandfather Kiheiji Kishi and his cousin Saeji Kishi while they were interned at Christina Lake. I found this enlarged photo hanging on the wall of the Christina Lake Visitors’ Centre when I went there this summer. The people on the boat are…

  • Alpine Inn Residents During WWII

    Alpine Inn Residents During WWII

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    Neil Kishi
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    I have recently added a spreadsheet to this site that I have been working on intermittently for the past two years. It lists all the residents I could find who lived at Alpine Inn, a self-supporting site located at Christina Lake, BC, during WWII. Thanks to Kathleen Smythe and Nobby Hamagami who did the majority…