A photograph of the Hagwilget Church near Hazelton. The Hagwilgets are a Carrier Tribe, moved from Moricetown to Hazelton when the Skeena River was blocked by a rockslide. The Hagwilgets are Catholic.
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
A photograph of the Hagwilget Church near Hazelton. The Hagwilgets are a Carrier Tribe, moved from Moricetown to Hazelton when the Skeena River was blocked by a rockslide. The Hagwilgets are Catholic.
Various photographs showing the new Kitamaat Village Church, a dugout canoe to be steamed, views of the Kitimat Smelter, wild plants, and a Kitamaat Totem Pole.
16 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 13cm
5 photograph prints : color ; 13 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Various photographs showing the new Kitamaat Village Church, a dugout canoe to be steamed, views of the Kitimat Smelter, wild plants, and a Kitamaat Totem Pole.
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
1 Neg : b&w ; 7.7 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.