Jacob B. and Erna Wiens with children
- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-6_3
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- 1942-6
Caption in album reads: "Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Wiens family, Vancouver, B.C." Jacob B. and Erna Wiens are pictured outside with their children Ernst, Elfriede, and Hans.
Jacob B. and Erna Wiens with children
Caption in album reads: "Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Wiens family, Vancouver, B.C." Jacob B. and Erna Wiens are pictured outside with their children Ernst, Elfriede, and Hans.
Caption on back reads: "Bro. Gilmore at Banff feeding elk." Edward Gilmore was a Brethren in Christ pastor from Ontario.
The married men at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "The married group at Emory Creek: 1 - George Thompson [Sarnia, Ontario]; 2 - Delford Bechtel [Baden, Ontario]; 3 - Martin Wiens [New Hamburg, Ontario]; 4 - Leonard Bechtel [Preston, Ontario]; 5 - Freeman Dungy [Windsor, Ontario]."
Alternative Service workers heading to the mountains to build a fire fighting trail
Caption in album reads: "Notice the packs on boys backs. Contains food, blankets, etc. Will stay up in the mountains several days and nights. They are building a fire fighting trail. Wide enough for a horse to go up."
Emory Creek dining hall and kitchen staff
Caption in album reads: "Dining hall and kitchen staff: 1 - Mike Bohonoski, Kitchener; 2 - Andrew Bowman, Bridgeport; 3 - George Thompson, Sarnia."
Tool and repair shop at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "Tool and repair shop. 1 - Leonard Bechtel, Preston, Ont; 2 - Mr. Schmidt, Sask."
Alternative Service workers at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "The group at Emory Creek Camp, two miles from Yale and ninety miles east of Vancouver." Standing, left to right: Peter Langeman (Leamington, Ontario), Andrew Bowman (Bridgeport, Ontario), Daniel B. Klassen (Leamington), Mike Buhaneski (Kitchener, Ontario), William Turner (Kitchener), Edgar Dyck (Preston, Ontario), Daddy ? (Preston), Henry Langeman (Ruthven, Ontario), Martin Wiens (New Hamburg, Ontario), Kenneth McIver (Vancouver), George Thompson (Sarnia, Ontario), Charles Shorten (London, Ontario), John "Jack" Boldt (Kitchener), Bernard Neufield (Leamington). Seated in front, left to right: Freeman Dungy (Windsor), Serenus Wideman (Ontario), Bruce Gowing (Preston), Jacob "Jake" Peters (Kitchener), Delford Bechtel (Baden, Ontario), Peter "Pete" Wiens (Leamington), George Peters (Long Lac or Kitchener), Heinrich "Henry" Epp (Ruthven), Ferdinand "Fred" Reimer (Kingsville, Ontario). Wilson Hunsberger notes that Wilfred Erickson and Bruce Ruppert were gone to get the mail.
Emory Creek Alternative Service Work Camp grounds
Caption in album reads: "The camp grounds - 1 - Dining hall; 2 - Meat and food house; 3 - Tool and repair shed; 4 - Sleeping bunks."
Jesse B. Martin and Freeman Dungy
Caption in album reads: "Freeman Dungy, Windsor (Colored) and I. Dungy is a colored C.O. and belongs to Church of God in Christ." Left to right: Jesse B. Martin, Freeman Dungy
Caption in album reads: "The Fraser river runs about 200 feet from camp."
Playing baseball at Emory Creek camp
Caption in album reads: "Recreation time - Boys playing ball."
John Boldt and Mike Bohonoski eating dinner
Caption in album reads: "John Boldt and Mike the cooks on the mountain eating dinner." Boldt was from Kitchener, Ontario.
Building a shelter to sleep in the mountains
Caption in album reads: "Taking the bark of a big 125 feet cedar tree to build a shelter to sleep under up in the mountains." The men are in the mountains to build a fire trail.
Walking to work up the mountain
Caption in album reads: "Going five miles up the mountain to work. The [fire fighting] trail will be ten miles when done."
Caption in album reads: "Five miles up the mountain eating a good dinner - Tea, beans, sandwiches, honey, etc - The smoke comes from the open fire where meal is heated." The group is building a fire fighting trail.