People uprooted from Suicide Creek (13)

Suicide Creek (officially Norrish Creek), in the Seymour Valley, is a tributary of the Fraser River. Local residents refer to it as Suicide Creek because of its fast-moving water and damaging floods.

Eikichi Kagetsu established and operated two Japanese Canadian logging camps in the Seymour Valley, one near McKenzie Creek and the other near Suicide Creek. The site near McKenzie Creek began as a short-term logging camp in the early twentieth century for Japanese Canadians that likely transitioned to a more permanent settlement that had a bathhouse and cabins or small houses. The Suicide Creek camp had a bunkhouse, a central kitchen, a blacksmith, and wooden paths for hauling shingle bolts. The camp was last occupied between 1921 to 1924.

The Stave Lake Cedar Mills opened in 1939 and focused on the production of shakes and shingles. Many Japanese Canadians who worked for the company lived in the surrounding area.