Japanese Historic Sites in Lillooet
As you journey to Lillooet, you can discover historic sites and learn about the history of Japanese Canadian internment and resilience. One third-generation Japanese Canadian, Laura Saimoto, shared her family’s story of the WWII Internment and Dispossession in the Lillooet area along the Fraser River in this essay.
On Hwy 12 just outside of Lillooet, there is now a memorial to the East Lillooet Internment Camp.