Permit from Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Permit from Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Description

Title Proper Permit from Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Date(s) 1947
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
Item is a permit issued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Koazi Fujikawa authorizing his residency in the Coastal Area of British Columbia. The permit was issued in Vancouver, B.C. on March 22, 1947.
Name of creator
Born to Riwo and Tsurikichi Fujikawa in 1914 on their berry farm in Silverdale, BC, Koazi Fujikawa was the fifth of nine children. He went to school in Silverdale for the first six grades, Mission Central School for grade seven and then Silverhill School for grade eight. After grade eight, Koazi stayed at home to work on the farm.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Permit from Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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