Miyazaki House

The Miyazaki House is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Lillooet, built in the 1880s and now designated a heritage site. The elegant Victorian house on Main Street stands out against the modest surroundings of the small town. It's named after Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki, a Japanese-Canadian physician who lived and practiced here from 1896 and became a central figure in the community.

The house is a reminder of Lillooet's complex social history — a place that saw Gold Rush fortune-seekers, Indigenous peoples dealing with colonization, and immigrant communities building lives in the BC interior. The building is not currently a museum but can be viewed from the street, and the Lillooet Museum nearby has more information about Dr. Miyazaki's story.

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A story
The house is named after Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki, a Japanese-Canadian doctor who practiced in Lillooet from 1896 and became one of the most beloved figures in the town's history. During the Japanese internment of World War II, he was among the few Japanese Canadians who were permitted to remain in their homes due to intervention by the local community — testimony to the respect he had earned over decades of medical service.