2 photograph print : b&w ; 19 x 24cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 24 x 17cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Four photographs showing a decaying totem pole at Kitselas Canyon (the fortress) and a view of the canyon looking North.
Notes
71.83 & 71.83.1 to 3 : Series number assigned as is due to these photographs being found at a later time after the collection was already entered into the database.
Slide showing dirt road track leading to old, wooden building. Appears to be from early settlers. Tall, dried up cow parsnip? grows along the sides of the 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 dirt road track leading to old, wooden building. Appears to be from early settlers. Tall, dried up cow parsnip? grows along the sides of the road.
