People uprooted from West Vancouver (24)

West Vancouver, on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, was incorporated in 1912, separating from the District of North Vancouver. In 1923, the Squamish village, located on the Capilano River, became the Capilano Indian Reserve (Xwemelch’stn). Vancouver grew during the twentienth century, and its residents would eventually establish a series of shoreline communities that expanded up the mountainside. In 1938, the Lions Gate Bridge was completed, providing fixed crossing to Vancouver.

Logging was West Vancouverʼs primary industry. Many Japanese Canadians worked as loggers and fishers, or at the Great Northern Cannery (Sherman). Japanese Canadian women often found employment as dressmakers, including Dorothy Hanako Hori, who operated the Hollyburn Dressmaker shop in West Vancouver.