![[Photo P5-19]](P5-19.jpg)
Courtesy of Hazel Montague
Men doing construction with lumber. Lumber is positioned maybe 30 feet up a rocky hillside. Perhaps eight men standing at different levels.
Monty and Nick built their first house, according to "North to Adventure". They lived in a tent while they were building. However, who built the sturdy houses of Port Burwell and when were these pictures taken? Was Monty taking some "artistic licence" for dramatic effect? Could some of the men on the Bayrupert have been construction workers sent to do some building?
Pinetree Line web site comment - There appears to be a conflict in detail. On the one hand, exisiting detail on our web site indicates that the RCMP was at Port Burwell between 1920 and 1936. There is an article in the Port Burwell section that indicates the first RCMP arrived in 1920. This group constructed their own accommodation, and apparently resided in the remains of the Moravian Church during the construction period.
If this is the case - why then would the Montague detail imply that their arrival in 1926 was the first RCMP in the area, and why would they have had to construct a new dwelling? One would assume that the original RCMP dwelling constructed in 1920 would still have been available for the Montague detachment.