Sicamous – Revelstoke Interment Road Camps

The Sicamous – Revelstoke road camp project consisted of 6 camps: Solsqua; Yard Creek; North Fork; Taft; Griffin Lake; and Three Valley Gap. The camps were manned by about 500 men who were either naturalized Canadian or Canadian born. The local people in Revelstoke objected to Japanese Nationals working near the railroad in the Revelstoke section of the road camps. During the two years and four months the men worked on the highway, the men had improved, aligned and reconstructed various sections of 44.5 miles (71.6km) of the Trans-Canada Highway westward from Revelstoke. It was the first of the road camps to be closed as the men either were reunited with their families or found work that paid better than the 20 cents per day. Al times low morale, due to harsh work conditions and bouts of dysentery, resulted in work stoppages and protests.