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Tomekichi Homma, Canadian: 3
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Tomekichi Homma, Canadian: 3

Despite massive catches, salmon fishers struggled to make a living. Homma realized Japanese Canadians needed to organize to hold their own.

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Apr 19, 2024
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Salmon gillnetters at the mouth of the Fraser. Leonard Frank photo.

When Homma stepped ashore in 1883, canned salmon was already the province’s second-largest export after lumber.[1] From a halting start in 1867, salmon canning became an annual industry by 1871 with the export of three hundred cases from Annieville, on the south bank of the Fraser near N…

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