The Peninsula Publishing Company

was established by Mitsuo Yesaki in 2000 to publish books written by himself and collaborators. The Company publishes books about the history of Japanese Canadians and the fisheries of the West Coast of British Columbia.

Listed below are the books currently available. For further information on any of the books, please click on the book's photo or title, or send us an email at: sales@peninsulapublishing.ca.

Steveston Cannery Row: An Illustrated History book coverSTEVESTON Cannery Row: An Illustrated History
This book describes the development of the southwest coast of Lulu Island from the arrival of the first Caucasian settlers in the 1800s to the present.

Salmon Canning on the Fraser River in the 1890s book coverSalmon Canning on the Fraser River in the 1890s
This book describes how salmon were caught and processed in the canneries on the Fraser River in the 1890s.

Salmon Canning on the Fraser River in the 1890s (in Japanese) book coverSalmon Canning on the Fraser River in the 1890s (in Japanese)
This book describes how salmon were caught and processed in the canneries on the Fraser River in the 1890s. (in Japanese)

A Historical Guide to the Steveston Waterfront book coverA Historical Guide to the Steveston Waterfront
This guide describes the development of the one and half mile extent of the Steveston waterfront from the late 1880s to 1971.

SUTEBUSUTON: A Japanese Village on the British Columbia Coast book coverSUTEBUSUTON: A Japanese Village on the British Columbia Coast
This book traces the immigration of Japanese into the Fraser River fishery from first entry in the 1870s, their immigrant surge in the late 1880s and their dominance by the 1900s.

Watari-Dori (Birds of Passage) book coverWatari-Dori (Birds of Passage)
Watari-Dori is an historical novel of a fifteen-year old Japanese immigrant’s first six months fishing on the Fraser River.

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