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Salt Spring Island, part of the Southern Gulf Islands, was established by non-Indigenous settlers as an agricultural settlement in 1859. Japanese settlers arrived in Canada in the 1870s, and by 1901 there were fifty-nine Japanese Canadians living on Salt Spring, many of whom worked as fishermen, labourers, cooks, or farmhands. While Japanese Canadians primarily worked and lived on the north end of the island, sixty loggers were recorded as living in a settlement near Musgrave Landing in 1929.

In 1905, the Cusheon Cove sawmill opened, employing many Japanese Canadians until its closure in 1926. During the early 1900s, charcoal was one of the island’s four main exports due to demand from nearby canneries, blacksmiths, and a soap factory. This presented an opportunity for off-season work, leading Japanese Canadians to build charcoal pits, such as the Tasaka charcoal pits in Mouat Park. The Okanos, the first residents on Sharp Road, grew tomatoes in a large greenhouse. In 1932, the Murakamis bought adjacent land and specialized in asparagus, strawberry, and poultry farming.