Nanaimo Family History Society

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Monday, June 18th, 2018
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Salt Spring Island author Tom Koppel is the author of Kanaka: The Untold Story of Hawaiian Pioneers in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. In his talk, Tom will tell how he researched his book, mainly using the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, the BC Provincial Archives and personal interviews with descendants of the Hawaiians who came to BC in the 19th century.

He will also describe the annual celebratory picnics that were held for four or five years by descendants of the Kanakas during the 1990's where people discovered long lost relatives and exchanged family trees and other information.

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