What are your plans for Family Day on Feb. 20? Pictured here out for a drive in their Ford Model T in 1921, the Yada family owned and operated a successful business in North Vancouver for decades.
Arriving in 1899, 15-year-old Sejituro Yada supported himself while attending night school. Later working on a tug out of Seattle and at a Marpole sawmill, he finally settled in North Vancouver after purchasing land on Fourth Street and Queensbury.
Sejituro and his brothers started Yada Bros Grocery in 1912, a thriving business until 1941 when their property was taken during the Japanese internment.
Visit the MONOVA website for more information about the history of the North Shore and to plan your visit to MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, now open at 115 West Esplanade in The Shipyards.
Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver, at 3203 Institute Road in Lynn Valley, is open by appointment only. Contact: [email protected]
Navigate culture on the North Shore by using the North Shore Culture Compass.
