Photo showing Security Guards; L/R Rex Moore, Jack O'Brian. Mr. Moore & Mr. O'Brian found the safe stolen from the Hudson's Bay Trading Company at Smeltersite (Kitimat Robbery)
Photo showing Security Guards; L/R Rex Moore, Jack O'Brian. Mr. Moore & Mr. O'Brian found the safe stolen from the Hudson's Bay Trading Company at Smeltersite (Kitimat Robbery)
Slide showing the Bank of Montreal building at smeltersite. Bunkhouse visible behind, and in front is a large, uprooted tree. Powerlines are up the hill behind, and below is the main road.
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 the Bank of Montreal building at smeltersite. Bunkhouse visible behind, and in front is a large, uprooted tree. Powerlines are up the hill behind, and below is the main road.
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 view of smeltersite from Douglas Channel side. On right is Delta King and the bunkhouses, and on the left is Hospital Beach.
Photo showing Opening of the Hudson's Bay Store - Upper City Centre - 12 December 1956. L/R C. Harford, Asst.General Manager, Bay Stores; J.C. Frank, Zone Manager; Mrs. P.E. Radley, wife of Alcan's B.C. Project Manager; Bay Manager, Robert L. Haas.
Photo showing Opening of the Hudson's Bay Store - Upper City Centre - 12 December 1956. L/R C. Harford, Asst.General Manager, Bay Stores; J.C. Frank, Zone Manager; Mrs. P.E. Radley, wife of Alcan's B.C. Project Manager; Bay Manager, Robert L. Haas.
