From DiscoverNikkei.org
Manzo Nagano
First Japanese immigrant to Canada (1855-1923)
Although there is historical evidence that Japanese fishermen were shipwrecked in Canada's Queen Charlotte Islands during the 16th and 17th Century, and that enslaved Japanese sailors were bought back from the Kyuquot band around 1850, Manzo Nagano is recognized as the first official Japanese immigrant to Canada, in 1877.
- "Manzo Nagano, Canada's first Japanese immigrant" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
- "Early History - First Immigrant - Manzo Nagano" (National Association of Japanese Canadians)
- Includes a photographic portrait of Nagano.
- Profile (Famous, Should be Famous, and Infamous Canadians)
- Mia Thomas, "Struggles, strife, success". Burnaby Now, September 2002.
- Article commemorating the 125th anniversary of Nagano's immigration to Canada. Includes a photographic portrait of Nagano and his family, taken in Victoria, BC, in 1910.
- "During his years in Canada, Nagano held a variety of jobs. He was a fisherman, loaded lumber, operated a couple gift shops in Victoria, ran a boarding house, exported salted salmon to Japan and was a labour contractor."
- Remarks by Lt. Gov. The Honorable Iona Campagnolo, Nikkei Week 125th Anniversary Dinner, National Nikkei Heritage Centre, Burnaby BC (September 14, 2002).
- Speech by the British Columbian Lieutenant Governor, commemorating the 125th anniversary of Manzo Nagano's immigration to Canada.