Cover Page

Table of Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Essay

Brief History

Gila River

Granada

Heart Mountain

Jerome

Manzanar

Minidoka

Poston

Rohwer

Topaz

Tule Lake

Isolation Centers

Add'l Facilities

Assembly Centers

DoJ and US Army Facilities

Prisons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord

Chapter 4 (continued)
Gila River Relocation Center

Canal Camp

Canal Camp is located along what used to be the main highway between Phoenix and Casa Grande. The portion of this road north of Canal Camp was built by the WRA as part of their lease agreement with the BIA. The highway was superseded by Interstate 10, and now, the road is closed south of the bridge over the South Side Canal (Figures 4.21 and 4.22). Canal Camp is in fairly pristine condition. No buildings remain, but all of the camp roads are still passable. Abundant remains are present, including the concrete slabs of administration buildings, warehouses, high school, and latrines, many pier footing blocks from the evacuee barracks and other buildings, landscaping, traces of irrigation ditches (Figure 4.23), and most features of the sewage treatment plant. Abundant artifacts occur throughout the administration and evacuee residential area as well as the surrounding area (Figure 4.24).

Figure 4.21. Oblique aerial view of the Gila River Relocation Center area today.	Figure 4.23. Remains of irrigation ditch at Canal Camp.
Figure 4.22. Old highway bridge over the South Side Canal.	Figure 4.24. Vehicle licence plate at Canal Camp.

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