Canadian community still exists. For example, a Japanese judo and martial arts centre was developed in Steveston after the internment.
In 1954, BC Packers manager Ken Fraser donated a lot to Steveston's Japanese Canadian fishermen for the purposes of building a joint community centre (which eventually became the Steveston Community Centre); the terms of the agreement also stated that the Japanese Fishermen Benevolent Association be allowed to have a judo room at the centre.
In 1969, community discussion led to the development of a Japanese-style martial arts building for Steveston. The martial arts centre, now a Steveston landmark, is currently located adjacent to the Steveston Community Centre.
Present-day Steveston
Post-war Steveston developed along with Richmond into a residential suburb for Vancouver as farmland was converted to housing. Since the 1970s the community, which remains an active fishing port, has developed its heritage character and its waterfront to attract business and tourism. It has been used as a movie locale often — up until recent reductions due to encroaching development, the loss of the "fishing village" feelings of the area, and the upsurge in the value of the Canadian dollar versus the US dollar.
It has been used as a location for The X-Files series, the 2010 film adaptation of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, starring Zac Efron, Amanda Crew and Charlie Tahan (used as a stand-in for Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 2004), and also for the television movieA Cooler Climate, starring Sally Field & Judy Davis. The name Steveston was kept in that film, though it was supposedly located in Maine. It was also the community at the heart of Stargate SG-1's season six episode, "Nightwalkers," but as Steveston, Oregon. Parts of the television series Once Upon A Time were also filmed in Steveston.
Garry Point Park is the major park in Steveston, located at the southwest tip of the community (and
