04/16/2026
Join us for the launch of Spirit Rising, the first exhibit in the Japanese Canadian Community Histories Project! This coast-wide exhibit series will feature exhibits at Egmont Heritage Centre, Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, and pop-ups at Gibsons & District Public Library and Sechelt Public Library x Sechelt Community Archives.š„³ Exhibit Launch - Saturday, April 18 at 11am at Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives.
1930s -- Jiro and daughter Agnes Konishi at their farm. The Konishi family first worked on Bowen Island then came to Sechelt where, in 1912, Jiro (Jimmy) worked for Bert Whitaker while establishing a successful farm with his wife Hannah and four children on the west side of Porpoise Bay. They sold fruit, vegetables and milk door to door and were also involved in the fishing industry on Sechelt Inlet. By 1938 Jimmy was the proprietor of the Settlers' Supply House in Selma Park. He died in 1939 prior to the family being interned during WW11. Jimmy, his wife Hannah, daughters Toshiko and Agnes, and sons Sanji, Seiji and Shoji are buried in St. Hilda's cemetery in Sechelt. Photo courtesy the Helen Dawe Collection.
