Royston Lumber Company

Royston Lumber Company

Royston Lumber Company Limited a lumber company that was owned primarily by the Kaminishi, Iwasa, Minato, and Tomihiro families. It was located at Royston, British Columbia, near Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island. People involved in the business include George Kenroku Uchiyama [or George Uchiyama] (manager and shareholder), Kannosuke Kaminishi [also listed as Kannosuki Kaminishi] (shareholder), Keiji Minato (shareholder), Kinosuke Minato (shareholder), Matsutaro Iwasa (shareholder), Kinosuke Minato (shareholder), Keiji Minato, and Tomihiro [possibly Senichi Tomihiro] (shareholder). The file contains documents with the names of additional shareholders.

Metadata

OrgNameRoyston Lumber Company
Custodian Identification Number15706

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)

Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.