George Forchuk left Ukraine and emigrated to Canada in 1913, at the age of 17. He was given 160 acres of land to clear in Alberta.

Arrested in 1915, he was part of a number of internees sent to the Jasper camp, in Alberta, to build the infrastructure for a future national park. Forchuk successfully escaped from the camp and the backbreaking work, but had to change his identity in order to rebuild his life. The good farmland he had received was never returned.

George and Anna Forchuk on their wedding day
July 1920

© Courtesy of Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.

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