Construction at Goose Bay, ca. 1941

Construction at the RCAF Airfield at Goose Bay began in September 1941. Approximately 3,000 labourers worked almost non-stop and through all weather to build the base. The workers pictured here are building a hangar.

Photographer unknown. From: Carr, W.C. Checkmate of the North. Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1944.