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Mennonite Archives of Ontario Jesse B. Martin photograph albums Goldstream Alternative Service Work Camp (Langford, British Columbia)
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Alternative Service workers waiting to go to C4 camp

Caption in album reads: "Waiting for buses to go to Vancouver and take boat to Victoria on Island. The paper bags contain their dinner. [Illegible words] boat trip to Island." Fred Cressman's photo album indicates that this group is bound for C4 (Langford) camp. Cressman identifies the men (left to right): Elias Brubacher, Tobias Bowman, Joe Banyai, Melvin Kropf, Melvin Burkhart, Blake Snider, Clayton Wismer, Walter Keffer, Nyal Shantz, Ward Shuh, Len Witmer, Mervin Wismer, Willard Geiger, Rufus Jutzi, Bill Eunson, Munro Jutzi, Raymond Good, Carl Zimmerman, Clifford Cressman, Irvin Weber, John Fretz, Fred Cressman, Clayton Burkholder. Ed Weber is absent from the photo.

Ben Veer in Robertson Valley

Caption on back reads: "Robertson Valley where we are working with Ben Veer in the foreground. He is the Cat man's helper." The Robertson River Valley near Lake Cowichan was a tree planting area.

Building the staff office at Langford

Caption in album reads: "Corners are not nailed but locked together so then can be taken away and moved. Building the office for staff: 1 - Fred Cressman; 2 - Raymond Good; 3 - Tobias Bauman; 4 - Elias Brubacher; 5 - [illegible]"

The boys at Langford

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."