Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Wes Brown photograph album
Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp (Montreal River Harbour, Ontario) Advanced search options
A clearing near Montreal River. The photograph is labelled "before." This note probably refers to a blast that is about to clear the area. See also Hist.Mss.1.202.3-23 to Hist.Mss.1.202.3-26.
Caption on back reads: "Braun, Harder, Andres with wives at Montreal River." Left to right: Mary Braun, Henry Braun, Ted Harder, Mary Harder, Helen Andres, Jacob Andres.
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.
Frank Showler sits in his bunk at the Montreal River camp. Caption in album reads: "Frank 'Goon' Showler." A "Frank L. Showler" is listed as a conscientious objector from Ontario in A.J. Klassen's <i>Alternative Service for Peace</i>.