Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp (Montreal River Harbour, Ontario)

Office at Montreal River camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-3
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Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

The office building at the Montreal River Alternative Service camp

Bunkhouse at Montreal River

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Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

A view of the bunkhouse at the Montreal River Alternative Service work camp.

Road to Montreal River camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-14
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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

The road to the Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp

Bunkhouse in winter

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-13
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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Riding with Cub

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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Four boys with a toboggan being pulled by a dog named "Cub."

The mouth of the Montreal River at Lake Superior

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Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

The mouth of the Montreal River at Lake Superior, near the Alternative Service camp

Christmas tree at the Montreal River Alternative Service camp

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Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Christmas tree in the dining hall at the Montreal River Alternative Service camp

Jake Tiessen at Montreal River

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-19
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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

A man, identified by Wes Brown as Jake Tiessen, stands in the snow at Montreal River. According to A. J. Klassen's book Alternative Service for Peace, a Jake or Jack Tiessen was a conscientious objector from Leamington, Ontario.

Jim MacIver and Don Darley

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-18
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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Left to right: James MacIver (or MacIvor) and Don Darley, both of Toronto, at Montreal River.

Gord Bolender at Montreal River

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-17
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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Gordon Bolender of Stauffville, Ontario at Montreal River. Brown notes that he was "discharged January 30."

Montreal River dining hall at Christmas time

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-6
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Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

The dining hall at the Montreal River Alternative Service camp decorated for a Christmas dinner

Two unidentified men at Montreal River

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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Two unidentified men at Montreal River Alternative Service camp.

Rev. Harold Groh at Montreal River

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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Rev. Harold Groh, visiting the Montreal River Alternative Service camp, is pictured sitting at a table.

Seventh Day Adventists at Montreal River

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-50
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22 Feb 1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Seventh Day Adventist conscientious objectors at Montreal River listed in album as (left to right): Les Kater, Ray MacDonald, Elder A.E. Millner (president of the Ontario-Quebec Conference of Seventh Day Adventists), Len Markwell, Basil Brock, Guy Mosher. Similar names found in A.J. Klassen's Alternative Service for Peace: Leslie Kayton (Hamilton, Ontario), Roddie MacDonald (Toronto, Ontario), L. Markwell (Oshawa, Ontario), B.S. Brock (Iron Bridge, Ontario), G. Mosher (Oshawa, Ontario).

Len Markwell

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1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Len Markwell writes in his bunk at the Montreal River camp. Caption in album reads: "Len 'Rabbi' Markwell." An "L. Markwell" from Oshawa, Ontario is listed as a conscientious objector in A.J. Klassen's Alternative Service for Peace.

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Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp (Montreal River Harbour, Ontario)

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