Photograph of looking northeast at utility buildings area showing placing of compacted fill in foreground and in background the building forms being erected. Multiple trucks and machinery visible. Some trucks are actively dumping the fill.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking northeast at utility buildings area showing placing of compacted fill in foreground and in background the building forms being erected. Multiple trucks and machinery visible. Some trucks are actively dumping the fill.
Slide showing wooden structure debris. Some sort of metal part/device with a crank is in the middle. Charred trees, and fireweed around it. Machinery working on cleared area in background.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing wooden structure debris. Some sort of metal part/device with a crank is in the middle. Charred trees, and fireweed around it. Machinery working on cleared area in background.
Photograph of piles of debris ready for burning in the Hospital Site. Lahakas blvd in foreground, and row of homes on Albatross st visible in background. Homes include chicken coup houses.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of piles of debris ready for burning in the Hospital Site. Lahakas blvd in foreground, and row of homes on Albatross st visible in background. Homes include chicken coup houses.
Photo of a person grasping the hands of another person and leaning in to hear what is being said. Other people are nearby, and a large log pile is in the background
Photo of a person grasping the hands of another person and leaning in to hear what is being said. Other people are nearby, and a large log pile is in the background
