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CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3
File
1941-1944

Album contains photographs taken or collected by Brown during his time as a conscientious objector in the Alternative Service program in Ontario and British Columbia.

Brown, Wes

Montreal River sign

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-2
Item
Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

A signpost for Montreal River

Office at Montreal River camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-3
Item
Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

The office building at the Montreal River Alternative Service camp

The mouth of the Montreal River at Lake Superior

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-5
Item
Dec 1941

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

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

Staff of The Northern Beacon with the first issue

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-10
Item
3 Jan 1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Staff of The Northern Beacon, the periodical of the Montreal River Alternative Service camp, display the first copy of the first issue for the camera.

Printing The Northern Beacon

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-11
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Two Alternative Service men use a duplication machine to run off copies of The Northern Beacon, the periodical of the Montreal River Alternative Service camp.

Typing and printing The Northern Beacon

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-12
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

An Alternative Service Worker types copy for The Northern Beacon. A duplication machine sits on the table in front of his typewriter.

"Tuck" dressed in a parka

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-30
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Alternative Service workers with their dog "Tuck" dressed up in a parka.

Len Markwell

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-34
Item
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 <i>Alternative Service for Peace</i>.

Lighthouse at Coppermine Point

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-39
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Lighthouse at Coppermine Point, Ontario, taken on an excursion by conscientious objectors from the Montreal River camp. See also Hist.Mss.1.202.3.38-42.

On the road from Montreal River to Coppermine Point

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-41
Item
1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

A view of the road from the Montreal River work camp to Coppermine Point. See also Hist.Mss.1.202.3, 38-42.

Sign for camp Q-3

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-43
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Sign for British Columbia Forestry Service camp Q-3 (Quinsam District)

Chair of Conference of Historic Peace Churches and Religious Director

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-55
Item
1942-3-1

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Photograph of E. J. Swalm (left), chair of Conference of Historic Peace Churches, and J. Harold Sherk, Religious Director of the Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp.

Married men at Montreal River Alternative Service Camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-57
Item
1942-3-1

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Photograph of married men serving at Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp in March 1942. The men are not identified. Religious Director J. Harold Sherk is in the back row at extreme left. See also Hist.Mss.1.202.3-61.

Group 6 at Montreal River Alternative Service Camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-59
Item
1 Mar 1942

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

Photograph of Group 6 at Montreal River Alternative Service Camp. There is no individual identification.

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