Project Information

Commemorative monument to the Komagata Maru incident

• Description
• Community Participation
• Reports & Links

Project Description

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has been approached by and is working with the Khalsa Diwan Society on creating a permanent monument to the Komagata Maru incident. This incident involved a group of over 300 ship passengers of mainly East Indian descent who were denied entry into Canada at Vancouver in 1914.

The project is funded through the federal Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP) . The program provides funding for community-based commemorative and educational projects that recognize the experiences of ethno-cultural communities affected by historical immigration policies applied in the past across Canada.

Community Participation

Open House (Design/Site): Thursday, January 27, 2011, 2pm to 8pm
Coal Harbour Community Centre, Lobby, 480 Broughton Street
Comments will be accepted until 4:30pm, February 3, 2011, email: pbcomment@vancouver.ca
or mail to Vancouver Park Board, 2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1Z4

December 2010 – public consultation on site selection
Comments regarding site selection must be received by January 3, 2011.
Email: pbcomment@vancouver.ca
or mail to Vancouver Park Board, 2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1Z4

Reports & Links

• 2010-Nov-23 Site selection information [ PDF]
• Site and monument design proposal, January 2011 [ PDF]

Keep informed about future open houses or other events relating to this proposal by joining the Komagata Maru mailing list.

Historic Pictures

Komagata Maru (photo credit Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 9951B)

Komagata Maru location (photo credit City of Vancouver Archives)

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