I recently attended a family reunion on Mayne Island, just south west of Vancouver in British Columbia. The reunion gathered relatives from my paternal grandmother's side of the family. My great grandfather immigrated from Japan into Canada in the late 1800's. He was the first Japanese immigrant to buy and own 192 acres of land on Mayne Island. Over time, other Japanese families settles on Mayne Island where they lived, farmed, and fished. Much like the Japanese American