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Curator's note |
"During the Great Depression, a relief camp was established at Dundurn under the authority of the Department of National Defence; there, men worked for 20¢ a day plus meals, tobacco, lodging and work clothes. The relief camp included barracks-style accommodation for up to 2,000 men, a hospital, a recreation hall, and a fully functional water system. There was unrest at Camp Dundurn when 200 men went to Regina to join the On-to-Ottawa Trek, until it was quashed at the Regina Riot of July 1, 1935. Dissatisfaction simmered at Dundurn, and a strike began on December 12, 1935, when two men were evicted. Despite calls from camp and other authorities to apply forceful measures, a peaceful settlement to the strike was negotiated on January 22, 1936. Federal relief camps were phased out in the summer of 1936." - The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |
Title | Dundurn Relief Camp |
Date | August 1934 |
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Physical extent |
1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content |
Trucks lined up with men to work on the road and at the gravel pit, Dundurn Relief Camp. |
Repository |
Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection |
Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information |
Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-B9011 |
Occupation(s) |
Construction - roads
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Theme(s) |
Mandatory Labour
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Database ID |
36869 |
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Thomas Carlyle ~ Scottish historian and essayist (1795—1881)
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