Photograph of Alcan smelter. Area still in progress, buildings still being built. Smoke coming from past site on the left and at the back. Douglas Channel and Kitimat River estuary in the background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan smelter. Area still in progress, buildings still being built. Smoke coming from past site on the left and at the back. Douglas Channel and Kitimat River estuary in the background.
Photograph of Alcan Smelter taken from mountain beside smelter. Photo shows Alcan in the foreground, Methanex and Eurocan in middle, Townsite in the background.
Photograph of Alcan Smelter taken from mountain beside smelter. Photo shows Alcan in the foreground, Methanex and Eurocan in middle, Townsite in the background.
Photograph of view of the Alcan smelter. In the foreground on the right are vehicles parked. A road runs on the left. Further on the right is a building, and taking up the back are the Alcan potline buildings. Powerlines run over the site. Cloudy mountains in the background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view of the Alcan smelter. In the foreground on the right are vehicles parked. A road runs on the left. Further on the right is a building, and taking up the back are the Alcan potline buildings. Powerlines run over the site. Cloudy mountains in the background.