- CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-7_3
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- 1942-6
Caption in album reads: "The Fraser river runs about 200 feet from camp."
Caption in album reads: "The Fraser river runs about 200 feet from camp."
Caption on back reads: "On the highway in front of the camp, facing Yale, bridge over Emory Creek in distance." Roadside sign to the left reads "Emory Lodge."
Caption on back reads: "Kitchen and dining room, meat house and tool shed, whash [wash] house in distance between meat house and tool shed on picture, also our Bunk house behind tool shed is quite a bit lower. Picture was taken in front of Ab's [Abe Cathcart's] office which is quite a bit higher than rest of the camp's, is about same level as railroad." See also: Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-7_14 .
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
Playing baseball at Emory Creek camp
Caption in album reads: "Recreation time - Boys playing ball."
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.
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."
Tool and repair shop at Emory Creek
Caption in album reads: "Tool and repair shop. 1 - Leonard Bechtel, Preston, Ont; 2 - Mr. Schmidt, Sask."
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."
Brother Wiens and Brother Sherk
Left to right: "Bro. Wiens," J. Harold Sherk in front of sign at Emory Creek. "Bro. Wiens" could be Jacob B. Wiens of Vancouver.
Caption on back reads: "Entrance to camp, boys coming up the steps, with packs on their back [making] their way up the mountain trail. Left to right: Martin Wiens, Eddy Dick [Edgar Dyck], Jake [Jacob] Peters, Jack [John] Boldt, Dan Klassen, Abe Cathcart foreman, Del [Delford Bechtel]."
Len Bechtel with railroad superintendent car
Caption on back reads: "Railroad superintendent car taken in front of camp the time they put a new deck on bridge."
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.
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]."
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.