Most evacuees ended up in six large camps situated in the interior of British Columbia. Men of military age were sent to work in construction camps along a road being built through Jasper National Park. In an attempt to disperse the Japanese-Canadian population across the country, officials sent some families to work on farms in Alberta and Manitoba. The movement of Japanese Canadians into Ontario began slowly in the spring of 1942 with the arrival of several hundred young men to work on the Schreiber-Jackfish Highway Project along the north shore of Lake Superior. Along with three similar highway projects in British Columbia, the Schreiber project was organized by the federal Department of Labour and operated by the Survey and Engineering Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources.
Accommodation is OK, and so is grub.
There's no electric light at camp yet, but it's under consideration. The water system is another problem. At present we are bringing our water supply from the lake, but they are figuring on connecting a pipe into camp. Our camp has improved a lot since we came here. Roadwork has not yet started except for a small gang filling in the small ruts with cinders from the Canadian Pacific Railway yards in Schreiber.