Villages, Farms and Factories

Doukhobors lived in large communal villages.

Communal workers at mealtime, Brilliant, B.C.
C-01490

They farmed the land growing fruits and vegetables.

Haying on Community Land,
Grand Forks, B.C., 1920
Detail of C-01721

Thrums, B.C.,
Grading onions for the weekly market in Trail, B.C.
C-01884

Doukhobors started their own communal businesses, including honey production, and milling grain into flour.

Community Flour Mill,
Grand Forks, B.C. 1920,
Detail of C-01722

They also processed fruit to make jams and jellies.

Doukhobor Jam Factory,
Brilliant, B.C.
D-06930

In Grand Forks they built a factory to manufacture bricks.

Community Brick Factory
Grand Forks, B.C., 1915-1918
E-00716