Slide showing the smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
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 smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
Slide showing Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
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 Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, 'Pesonality Profile-Cathy Green'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, 'Pesonality Profile-Cathy Green'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer - Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication Design & Production, 'Ingot-October 2002'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer - Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication Design & Production, 'Ingot-October 2002'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator Crystal Award" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens,Contributing Writer - Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication Design & Production 'Ingot - November 2002'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator Crystal Award" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2003'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens,Contributing Writer - Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication Design & Production 'Ingot - November 2002'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2004'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication/Stripe Graphics, 'October 2003 Issue'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2004'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer Ralph Reschke & MPA Communication/Stripe Graphics, 'October 2003 Issue'."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2004'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer Ralph Reschke 'December 2003 & 50th Anniversary EHS Calendar''."
Abstract shaped glass and wood trophy. Glass top has bevelled edges, inscription reads "The Communicator" Scroll with a feather pen is in the centre, with the date '2004'. Pyramid shaped wooden base with inscription "Ingot - Alcan Primary Meltal - BC, Editor Cathie Stevens, Contributing Writer Ralph Reschke 'December 2003 & 50th Anniversary EHS Calendar''."
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is at a bunkhouse with a bear. Many other men are there too. They are up on a platform with the bear below. it is standing upright against the platform, possibly begging. One man is crouched directly in front of the bear. Iacobelli is the fifth man from the left, wearing a cap.
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is at a bunkhouse with a bear. Many other men are there too. They are up on a platform with the bear below. it is standing upright against the platform, possibly begging. One man is crouched directly in front of the bear. Iacobelli is the fifth man from the left, wearing a cap.
