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New Denver, British Columbia
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New Denver, British Columbia
Location of New Denver in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°59′29″N 117°22′19″W / 49.99139, -117.37194
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Region Kootenays
Regional district Central Kootenay
Founded 1892
Incorporated 1929
Government
- Governing body New Denver Village Council
- Mayor Gary Wright
Area
- Village 1.07 kmē (0.4 sq mi)
Elevation 560 m (1,837 ft)
Population (2001)
- Village 561
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
Highways 6
31A
Waterways Slocan Lake
Website: Town of New Denver
New Denver is a small town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada,
along the shore of Slocan Lake. New Denver was founded as a mining town
in 1892, and briefly known as Eldorado City before being renamed after
Denver, Colorado. It was incorporated as a village in 1929 and currently
has approximately 600 residents.
During World War II, New Denver became a Japanese Canadian internment
camp. Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, men
between the ages of 18 and 45 were sent to labour camps in the Interior
of British Columbia or farther into Eastern Canada. Approximately 1,500
women, children, and elderly men were sent to the "Orchard", a small
section of New Denver set up to house them. Although they were not
confined behind wire fences, they were forced to live in small shacks,
often with no heat and little money for food. Some Japanese Canadians
still live in New Denver.
From 1953-59 Doukhobor children were removed from their parents and sent
to residential school here, as a way to assimilate them.
New Denver is home to the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, which is
dedicated to the history of the 23,000 Japanese Canadians that were
interned by the Canadian government.
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