Mennonite Archival Information Database

Clearing a road to the camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_4
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Removing a five foot hill to the camp so trucks can make the grade."

Huts where the boys live

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_2
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Building called 'huts' where the boys live. Eight in a hut - Notice the dense growth and trees and river in background."

Building the camp

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_5
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Building dining tent. Splitting wood. Building wood house."

The married men at Langford

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_6
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

The boys at Langford

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-1_1
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "the boys at Langford - Twelve miles from Victoria (on Island). Three miles from Langford. The man with X is Mr. Paul Neil, the foreman."

Mount Seymour Park sign

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_1
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

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."

Road to Seymour Park

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-2_2
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads" Road leading to Seymour Park and to mountain where boys work."

Tents for lodging at Green Timbers

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_4
Item
Jun 1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Tents for lodging. Notice the double roof." Alternative Service workers reported to Green Timbers in June 1942 for camp assignments.

Lining up for Sunday dinner at Green Timbers

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_3
Item
7 Jun 1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Ready for Sunday dinner June 7, 1942. Dining hall and kitchen."

Alternative Service workers from Waterloo, Ontario at Green Timbers

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_5
Item
Jun 1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "The Waterloo boys - See the big stump."

Alternative Service workers waiting at the Green Timbers office

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_2
Item
Jun 1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Alternative Service workers reporting to the Green Timbers station for assignments.

Alternative Service workers in front of the Green Timbers wash house

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2-3_6
Item
Jun 1942

Part of Jesse B. Martin photograph albums

Caption in album reads: "Wash house with shower bath. 1. Bruce Gowing, Preston; 2. Freeman Dungy, Windsor; 3. Edward [or Edgar?] Dyck, Preston; 4. Weins [or Wiens?]" Numbers correspond to numbers written on photograph.