Kamloops Art Gallery features work of Lawren Harris, Canada 150 display
KAMLOOPS — The latest exhibition at the Kamloops Art Gallery highlights Canada’s great moments during its 150 years since confederation. The exhibit also paints a real pictures of some of the darker moments in Canadian history.
One of the exhibits takes you back to 1914 when a ship from India, called the Komagata Maru, arrived in Vancouver with 376 would-be immigrants.
“They were trying to challenge a rule that Canada had put into place to try and stop immigration from Asia, which was the continuous migration rule, which said anyone coming into the country as an immigrant had to come directly from their country of citizenship,” said interim curator Adrienne Fast.