Japanese “Entrepreneur” on the Fraser River: Oikawa Jinsaburo and the Illegal Immigrants of the Suian Maru

• Main Author: Sulz, David Kenneth Allan
• Other Authors: Price, John
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Fraser River; Lion Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/14832

Oikawa Jinsaburo, Japanese entrepreneur, re-located to Canada from 1896 to 1917 and engaged in business enterprises, utopian communities on the Fraser River (Sunbury, Lion Island, Don Island), and immigration ventures. This thesis introduces Oikawa through an English summary of Nitta Jiro’s historic...