Bay Farm, to its north, accommodated 1,376 by the end of 1942. Famous Japanese Canadians who attended the school included architect Raymond Moriyama, environmentalist David Suzuki and Joy Kogawa. The Popoffs had taken 32 years of hard work and considerable expenditure to develop a productive farm. On regaining their land in 1947, it was a barren landscape littered with gravel and rock. Their claim for $28,000, elicited a response of $9,000 from the federal government to buy the land. The family gave up farming and moved to Vancouver. Other internment centres in the Slocan region were at Lemon Creek, New Denver, Rosebery, Kaslo and Sandon. Present community Slocan is a launching point for travellers en route to Valhalla Provincial Park. Slocan Beach, with its gazebo and boat launch, hosts public events and provides lake access. Springer Creek Forest Products was the biggest employer until its closure in 2013. In 2020, the village purchased the former sawmill's nearly lakeside land for $1.5 million. Public consultation will determine the future use. A series of waterfalls includes a set that flows through the Springer Creek RV Park & Campground, which is on Giffan Ave, the central access road into Slocan. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Slocan had a population of 379 living in 184 of its 212 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 289. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Television Slocan City was featured on the history-themed television series Gold Trails and Ghost Towns (season 2, episode 7). Climate Slocan has a humid continental climate (Dfb). See also Footnotes References External links Villages in British Columbia Populated places in the Slocan Internment of Japanese Canadians World War II internment camps in Canada