オッター・ベイから追放された (1)

Otter Bay, or Hayashi Cove, was the primary settlement for Japanese Canadians on the Pender Islands. In 1895, Captain S. Hayashi purchased 160 acres on Otter Bay; Japanese loggers and fishermen follow him to the area. He established a camp at the small cove on the north shore. Hayashi also shipped charcoal produced by Japanese Canadians in pit kilns to canneries and other businesses.

In 1918, the Matsumuras’ bought a fourteen acre parcel of land, and built a house and bathhouse on the northeast bank of Hayashi Cove. They ran a profitable chicken farm and shipped eggs to wholesalers in Vancouver. Mr. Matsumura was a fisherman, and by 1924, he had built cod fishing docks in the bay. In 1929, Mr. Matsumura and Hayashi sold property to Matsuyama Company who then developed a herring saltery. The saltery shore crew employed fifteen Japanese Canadians, and their quarters included a bunk house, bath house, and outhouse, located on the dock against the bank.