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Dewdney (originally Johnson’s Landing), on the Fraser River, was established as a riverboat stop in the early 1880s. In 1892, it was incorporated as a district with Hatzic and Hatzic Island. In 1894, the Great Fraser Flood caused massive damage to the community, stalling local development and eventually leading to disincorporation in 1906.

Several Japanese Canadians owned farmland in Dewdney. In 1935, Teizo Nakashima moved from Mission to Dewdney where he purchased thirty-five acres of farmland. In 1940, Teizo bought an additional fifteen acres on the west side of Hatzic Lake to grow hops. He was also actively engaged in the Hothouse Rhubarb and Hop Growers Union and employed many Japanese Canadians in Dewdney. Other Japanese Canadians worked for the Stave Lake Cedar Company which operated a logging camp near Suicide Creek (Norrish Creek).