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Cemeteries

Ganges Cemetery - Japanese Canadian Section

Sections 5 & 5b

Map below is the location of graves according to a survey carried out by Wolfe-Milner Land Surveying.
Roll your cursor over the survey numbers to view the identity of a grave — click on it to get more information in the table below.

See ‘Dark Side of Paradise’ video below.

Wolfe-Milner date of survey

roll cursor over Photo ID to see popup image of grave marker

Last Name First Names Born/Died Photo ID (far) Photo ID (near) Inscription Survey
JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEER 115-f-Pioneer1-Central-22.jpg 115-n-Pioneer1-Central-26.jpg 115
JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEER 116-f-Pioneer2-Central-24.jpg 116-n-Pioneer2-Central-23.jpg 116
EIZAN TORAGORO -1912 123-f-Eizan-Central-21.jpg 123-n-Eizan-Central-20.jpg 123
ONOYE HISAKICHI -1901 117-f-Hisakichi-28.jpg 117-n-Hisakichi-27.jpg In Memory of
ONOYE HISAKICHI
A native of
Wakayama-ken,
Japan.
Died April 27, 1901
Aged 28 years
And 7 months
117
ISHIZUMI MAGOE 1860—May 15, 1958 120-f-Ishizumi-Central-35.jpg 120-n-Ishizumi-Central-36.jpg 120
ITO NAKAZO | HATSU | MASO | SIZUKO 126-f-Ito-Central-16.jpg 126-n-Ito-Central-17.jpg IN LOVING MEMORY
ITO
NAKAZO 1877 - 1946
HATSU 1891 - 1928
MASO 1918 - 1938
SIZUKO 1923 - 1930
126
IWANAGA UMETARO 1874—April 17, 1902 118-f-Iwanaga-Central-29.jpg 118-n-Iwanaga-Central-30.jpg 118
IZUMI KIRI | JINICHI 124-f-Izumi-Central-19.jpg 124-n-Izumi-Central-8.jpg IN LOVING MEMORY OF
KIRI
1894 - 1919
JINICHI
1887 - 1957
IZUMI
124
MAKINO BUKICHI 1866 — June 29, 1903 127-f-Makino-Central-15.jpg 127-n-Makino-Central-13.jpg 127
MURAKAMI KATSUYORI | KIMIKO | OKANO 130-f-Murakami-K-K-Central-46.jpg 130-n-Murakami-K-K-Central-44.jpg IN LOVING MEMORY
MURAKAMI
KATSUYORI | KIMIKO OKANO
MAY 26, 1899 | SEPTEMBER 25, 1904
MARCH 16, 1988 | JULY 14, 1997
130
MURAKAMI RIYOICHI 129-f-Murakami-R-Central-46.jpg 129-n-Murakami-R-Central-47.jpg RIYOICHI
MURAKAMI
JAN 11 - SEPT.17 1933
129
NAKATA JUUKICHI -1902 119-f-Nakata-32.jpg 119-n-Nakata-31.jpg JAPANESE
*********
Juukichi Naka***
Passed away on March 12, 1992
119
OKANO KUMANOSUKE | RIYOICHI | SAYOKO 131-f-Okano-K-R-S-Central-40.jpg 131-n-Okano-K-R-S-Central-41.jpg IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OKANO
KUMANOSUKE
1872 - 1949

RIYOICHI
1879 - 1957

SAYOKO
1906 - 1939
131
OKANO MORITARO 132-f-Okano-M-Central-39.jpg 132-n-Okano-M-Central-38.jpg MORITARO OKANO
1889 - 1967
132
SHIMOJI -1907 122-f-Shimoji-Central-67.JPG 122-n-Shimoji-Central-64.JPG 122
TAKEBE YETSUJIRO 1874—October 24, 1951 121-f-Takebe-Central-33.jpg 121-n-Takabe-Central-34.jpg 121
TASAKA CHIZUKO -1921 125-f-Tasaka-Central-Smallshaw-16.11.2024.jpg 125-n-Tasaka-Central-Smallshaw-16.11.2024.jpg TASAKA CHIZUKO
1921
125
MURAKAMI ICHIRO 1907-October 28, 1932 128-f-HeadstoneJC-Central-43.jpg 128-n-HeadstoneJC-Central-42.jpg INNOSHIMA, MITSUGI-GUN, HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE 128

Dark Side of Paradise

A short video by Mary & Tosh Kitagawa about the Japanese Canadian cemetery on Salt Spring.