"Tule Lake Segregation Center in Color" by U.S. National Park Service , public domain
Tule Lake
National Monument - California
The Tule Lake National Monument in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California, consists primarily of the site of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, one of ten concentration camps constructed in 1942 by the United States government to incarcerate Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast. After a period of use, this facility was renamed the Tule Lake Segregation Center in 1943, and used as a maximum security, segregation camp to separate and hold those prisoners considered disloyal or disruptive to the operations of other camps. Inmates from other camps were sent here to segregate them from the general population. Draft resisters and others who protested the injustices of the camps, including by their answers on the loyalty questionnaire, were sent here. At its peak, Tule Lake Segregation Center (with 18,700 inmates) was the largest of the ten camps and the most controversial.
Map of the Nobles Emigrant Trail section, part of the California National Historic Trail (NHT), located outside of Susanville, California. Published by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Vintage 1958 USGS 1:250000 map of Alturas in California. Published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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The Tule Lake National Monument in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California, consists primarily of the site of the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, one of ten concentration camps constructed in 1942 by the United States government to incarcerate Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast. After a period of use, this facility was renamed the Tule Lake Segregation Center in 1943, and used as a maximum security, segregation camp to separate and hold those prisoners considered disloyal or disruptive to the operations of other camps. Inmates from other camps were sent here to segregate them from the general population. Draft resisters and others who protested the injustices of the camps, including by their answers on the loyalty questionnaire, were sent here. At its peak, Tule Lake Segregation Center (with 18,700 inmates) was the largest of the ten camps and the most controversial.
The Tule Lake National Monument includes both the the Tule Lake Segregation Center, the largest and most controversial of the sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, and Camp Tulelake, which was first a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, then an additional facility to detain Japanese Americans, and finally a prisoner of war camp.
The visitor center is located 8 miles south of Tulelake CA along Hwy 139 at 44340 Hwy 139. Tulelake, CA 96134. We are the only driveway off the hwy between County Rd 113 & 176. We are currently working on getting our address updated on Google, but as of now Google will put you about and 1/8 mile north of our location. Click the link below for more detailed information on directions.
Tule Lake Visitor Center
Tule Lake National Monument visitor center is closed for the winter season and will reopen around Memorial Day weekend 2023. During the summer we are typically open 5 days a week, Thursday through Monday from 9:00am - 4:30pm. The visitor center is located 8 miles south of Tulelake CA along Hwy 139 at 44340 Hwy 139. Tulelake, CA 96134. We are the only driveway off the hwy between County Rd 113 & 176.
The visitor center is located 8 miles south of Tulelake CA along Hwy 139 at 44340 Hwy 139. Tulelake, CA 96134. We are the only driveway off the hwy between County Rd 113 & 176. We are currently working on getting our address updated on Google (and other online maps), but as of now online maps and GPS will put you about and 1/8 mile north of our location. For more detailed instructions, please click the link below: https://www.nps.gov/tule/planyourvisit/directions.htm
Tule Lake National Monument Visitor Center
White house with a concrete deck and flag poll in the front.
Tule Lake Visitor Center
Tule Lake Segregation Center Jail with Castle Rock in the back ground
Tule Lake Segregation Center Jail with Castle Rock in the background
Tule Lake Segregation Center Jail with Castle Rock in the back ground
Camp Tulelake as a CCC Camp in 1936
Camp Tulelake as a CCC Camp in 1936
Camp Tulelake as a CCC Camp in 1936
Camp Tulelake Barrack
Camp Tulelake Barrack
Camp Tulelake Barrack
Tule Lake Segregation Center in 1946
Tule Lake Segregation Center in 1946
Tule Lake Segregation Center in 1946
On top of Castle Rock looking down on Tule Lake Segregation Center
On top of Castle Rock looking down on Tule Lake Segregation Center
On top of Castle Rock looking down on Tule Lake Segregation Center
Japanese American Life During Internment
Overseen and operated by the National Park Service, the sites at Manzanar, Tule Lake, and Minidoka were examined by NPS archeologist Jeff Burton and his team between 1993 and 1999, along with the seven other camps and isolation and assembly centers associated with Japanese American incarceration and relocation.
Archeologists excavate at Manzanar
A Brief History of Japanese American Relocation During World War II
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066 empowering the U.S. Army to designate areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded." No person of Japanese ancestry living in the United States was ever convicted of any serious act of espionage or sabotage during the war.
Calisthenics at Manzanar
National Park Getaway: Tule Lake National Monument
Tule Lake National Monument was established to share the stories of the Tule Lake Segregation Center and Camp Tulelake. The Tule Lake Segregation Center held approximately 30,000 Japanese Americans between 1942-1946, while Camp Tulelake held four different groups and was in use from 1933–1946.
Several long buildings in a high desert near a butte
Timeline: Japanese Americans during World War II
Timeline: Japanese Americans during World War II
three black and white photos
Glossary of terms related to Japanese American Confinement
Glossary of terms related to Japanese American Confinement
poster with black writing
War Relocation Centers
War Relocation Centers
map of western two thirds of US with confinement sites noted
Executive Order 9066
This is the exact wording of EO 9066.
black and white image of Franklin D Roosevelt signing document
Terminology and the Mass Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
Terminology and the Mass Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
Japanese American man reads newspaper
Changing Patterns of Water Availability May Change Vegetation Composition in US National Parks
Across the US, changes in water availability are altering which plants grow where. These changes are evident at a broad scale. But not all areas experience the same climate in the same way, even within the boundaries of a single national park. A new dataset gives park managers a valuable tool for understanding why vegetation has changed and how it might change in the future under different climate-change scenarios.
Green, orange, and dead grey junipers in red soil, mountains in background
Hana Shimozumi Iki
Born in Hawai‘i and raised in San Francisco by Anglo-American guardians, Hana Shimozumi still had to prove her “Americanness” throughout her life. As a young opera star, Shimozumi encountered frequent incredulity at her unaccented English from those who assumed she was a Japanese national. Years later she faced the ultimate assault on her American identity. During World War II she was sent to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center solely because of her Japanese ancestry.
Japanese woman in flouncy white dress and coiffed hair sits for studio portrait
Bill Nishimura
Bill Nishimura was incarcerated at Poston and Tule Lake.
Gloria Hisako Tamura Morita
Gloria Hisako Tamura Morita was incarcerated at Tule Lake.
Hikoji Takeuchi
Hikoji Takeuchi was incarcerated at Manzanar and Tule Lake.
Kinichi Watanabe
Kinichi Watanabe was incarcerated at Manzanar and Tule Lake.
Homer Yasui
Homer Yasui was incarcerated at Tule Lake.
Series: Women's History in the Pacific West - California-Great Basin Collection
Biographies from Northern California, Central Valley, Sierra Nevada Mountains and Nevada
Map of northern California, Central Valley, Sierra Nevada Mountains and Nevada