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Qualicum Beach is situated on the east coast of Vancouver Island on the Salish Sea, in the traditional territories of the Qualicum First Nation. Non-Indigenous settlers moved into the area in the 1880s. The first general store in the town centre was built in 1910, and a train station was built in 1913. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N) reached Qualicum Beach in 1914, and commercial development arose around the railway. Despite this early development, the town wasn't incorporated until 1942.

The Qualicum Beach Hotel and golf course was built around 1913. Qualicum Beach became a popular resort town, and people from across BC and beyond would come to the area in the summer. Between 1917-1920, the hotel operated as a convalescent hospital for veterans returning from the First World War.

Japanese Canadians were living in Qualicum Beach by the early 1900s. The Umemoto family appears in the 1921 census and included Yasuzo, Haruo, Fumi, Yaichi (George), Yaye, and Shima. Yasuzo worked as an edgeman at J.C. Wilson Lumber Company on Arbutus Road. Other Japanese Canadians lived nearby at Cameron Lake, where many worked for the Cameron Lake Logging Company.