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People uprooted from Eburne (303) View on map

Eburne, on Sea Island, was established in 1890 with the construction of the Marpole and Eburne bridges, which connected Vancouver and Richmond via Sea Island and Lulu Island. The community developed on the northeastern corner of Sea Island and along the Fraser River’s north bank in South Vancouver. This area in South Vancouver was known as Eburne Station until its renaming as Marpole in 1916. Eburne became a thriving milling and fishing town by 1919, with a public school, hotel, cannery, and sawmill.

Japanese Canadians began settling in Eburne in the 1910s, attracted by employment at the Eburne sawmill and local canneries. Most residents worked in farming, fishing, or fish processing, while many sought out seasonal work in railway construction, mining, and logging during the off-season. Families often lived near canneries such as Acme Cannery (1889-1918) and Vancouver Cannery (1896-1930), and many remained in the area after the canneries closed.
This person will be included on the monument panels in a future addition.