Native and White Life in the Settlement of Port Burwell


[Photo N11-315]

Courtesy of Hazel Montague


A picket fence house appears in many pictures. Is there only one, or are there more than one? Two Mounties standing on the boardwalk. One is "Monty", is the other "Big Nick"? They are in dress uniform, yet they have on tall native fur boots. On picket house is a sign by one door that faintly says "RCMP".

The boardwalk continues up a short rise to another white frame house. In the several pictures of the houses in the settlement, we find it hard to determine which one this might be, given the configuration of the boardwalk. The configuration of the boardwalks is somewhat clearer in photos N4 or N5.

In the lower right hand corner, is impressed the words: "Dr. LM Waugh, New York City". Dr. Waugh was a doctor who was sent to the north to do a study on the culture of native women. Later, Hazel and Monty visited him and his fiancee in New York City. He also served Navy personnel in New York. He lived close to a Navy base when the Montagues visted him.


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