Doukhobor Work Camp - Site No. 2

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The following is a map of the alternative service - road construction performed by Doukhobors during the Second World War. Seventy young Doukhobor men - conscientious objectors - registered for four months of alternative service in lieu of military service under the National War Service Regulations. They were interned at a work camp near Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan. There, between June 29 and October 29, 1941, they constructed 67.2 kilometers (41.7 miles) of road on Highway No. 969, connecting Prince Albert and La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Highlighted here is the second Doukhobor work camp, known by local Montreal Lake Cree Nation residents as the "Doukhobor Camp"; highlighted below is the southern, initial terminus of the road construction project and the first Doukhobor work camp; and highlighted above is the northern, final terminus of the project.

For more information see:
The Doukhobor Gazetteer: www.doukhobor.org/pn-details.html?rec=1465
Google Maps: maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=214275371422177602317.0004a...