Lumber

When Kadis, the husband of my Dad's twin sister, Jonė, emigrated to Canada, he arrived on a contract to work at a Hydro facility.

Around the same time, Vladas, the Father-in-law of Kadis's daughter, my Toronto Cousin, moved to Canada. Vladas arrived in Ontario with a contractual obligation to labor in the lumber industry.

Beardmore, Ontario, Canada, 1947 or 1948. Vladas, on the right, stands with another laborer from the lumber camp and the camp's cook.

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Beardmore, Ontario, Canada, 1947 or 1948. Vladas and other workers from the camp load lumber at a train depot. Most of the laborers in the lumber camps were Displaced Persons; many of them were from the Baltic countries and the Ukraine.

Thanks to my Toronto Cousin for making these photos available to us.