British Columbia History

CASE FILES: The Custodian of Enemy Alien Property records

One of the legacies of the Landscapes of Injustice (LOI) project that I’m most proud of is the database for the documents acquired during the research phase of the project. This database includes the following:

• digitized Fishing Vessel Disposition Committee records of boat sales

• land titles of properties forcibly sold in Steveston, Vancouver’s Powell Street, Salt Spring Island, and Haney as well as other documents from more than 20 archives and repositories from

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