Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Seymour Mountain Park Alternative Service Work Camp (Dollarton, British Columbia)
World War, 1939-1945 - Conscientious objectors Advanced search options
Note on photograph: "Left to right, This your lad as a cook, the camp cook, the camp dishwasher, luck no dishes to wash 1942" Harold J. Schmidt on left.
Note on back of photo: "The boys on fire drill; each fellow has his job in this work." Conscientious objectors on fire drill in Seymour Mountain Camp in British Columbia.
Contains four photograph albums of Alternative Service camps. Photographs were taken or collected by Jesse B. Martin. A sample of photographs from these albums is described in the database. For the complete albums, see Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2 at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
A sign for Mount Seymour Park. A smaller sign reading "To Woodlands" points to the left. Caption in album reads: "The camp is located to the right of the sign."
Caption in album reads: "The dead trees are called 'snags.' If they catch fire the wind [illegible words] the sparks. Cutting down snags is [illegible words]."