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Alcan Collection

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28256
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
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Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 4
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Alcan Engineering Photos

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Part Of
KUTE Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.25
Scope and Content
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
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Part Of
KUTE Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.25
Physical Description
8 photographs print : b&w ; 9x11
History / Biographical
Retreived from KUTE by one of the volunteers
Scope and Content
8 photos of Alcan Engineering. 1) Looking East From Centre Passageway Bldg 7B 2) Completed Roof Fan Walking on Potroom 8B West 3) Looking West in Potroom 8B West from Column Line 12 4) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 5) General View of Progress of Work in Potline 8A East 6) Potroom 8B East Looking East from Centre Passageway 7) Looking East from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A 8) Looking West from Centre Passageway Bldg 8A
Name Access
KUTE
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
pot lines
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 2
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Aerial view of smelter operation

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
146
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 177-30 Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Subject Access
Smelters
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Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River Aerial

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description17119
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.11
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River
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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kitimat, Minette Bay, Smelter, Kitimat River
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Minette Bay
Smelter
Kitimat River
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Power Operations Room at Alcan

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 13, 1965
Accession Number
2005.8.8915
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the Power Operations Room at Alcan
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8915
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 13, 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the Power Operations Room at Alcan
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Alcan Transmission Line above the Kemano River

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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.7
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan transmission line above Kemano River, Adam Charneski standing in foreground, wearing hard hat and a wicker basket back pack. Man is looking through binoculars.
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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Alcan transmission line above Kemano River, Adam Charneski standing in foreground, wearing hard hat and a wicker basket back pack. Man is looking through binoculars.
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Charneski, Adam
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Alcan Works Power Interior

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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.4
Scope and Content
Photograph of interior - Alcan Works Power
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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan, given to Fred Busby. Brought in by Virgil Cymbaluk.
Scope and Content
Photograph of interior - Alcan Works Power
Name Access
Flonders, Bill
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Subject Access
Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Potline workers

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
148
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
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Inside a potline

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description155
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1966
Accession Number
78.11.147
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
149
Accession Number
78.11.147
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Malak Karsh
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Sam Hanna directing a crane operator in hoisting a crucible filled with molten aluminum on a potline.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in "The Story of British Columbia", The Story of Canada Series, 1966. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
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Motorcycling Members at Kitimat River

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[August 2, 1967]
Accession Number
2005.8.8806
Scope and Content
Photograph showing motorcycling members of North Coast Motorcycle Club at Kitimat River
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8806
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[August 2, 1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing motorcycling members of North Coast Motorcycle Club at Kitimat River
Subject Access
North Coast Motocycle Club
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Kitimat's First Co-Operative Housing Project

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31268
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 16, 1969]
Accession Number
2005.8.8844
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the unnamed people behind Kitimat's first co-operative housing project
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8844
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 16, 1969]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the unnamed people behind Kitimat's first co-operative housing project
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Plant's 10,000th Visitor

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[June 23, 1960]
Accession Number
2005.8.8733
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat's Works manager, G.H. Gwyn and Alcan security officer, Art Monro welcoming the plant's 10,000th visitor, Mr. J.D. Marsh.
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8733
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[June 23, 1960]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Kitimat's Works manager, G.H. Gwyn and Alcan security officer, Art Monro welcoming the plant's 10,000th visitor, Mr. J.D. Marsh.
Name Access
Gwyn, G.H.
Monro, Art
Marsh, J.D.
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Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Smelter, Kitimat

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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.10
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Smelter, Kitimat
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Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b7w ; 25.5 x 20.5
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Smelter, Kitimat
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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Delta King

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Accession Number
71.51
Scope and Content
Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.51
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.
Notes
71.51.7
Subject Access
Kitimat
boat
Delta King
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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Unknown Dutch Visitors Tour the Plant

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[June 28, 1962]
Accession Number
2005.8.8728
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a group of unknown Dutch visitors touring the plant.
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8728
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[June 28, 1962]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a group of unknown Dutch visitors touring the plant.
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Inside the Delta King

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Part Of
James Tirrul-Jones Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jul 1956]
Accession Number
982.46
Scope and Content
Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.
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Part Of
James Tirrul-Jones Collection
Creator
James Tirrul-Jones
Description Level
Series
Series Number
11
Accession Number
982.46
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jul 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm 1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 18 x 25cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.
Notes
982.46.21 to 22 (982.46.22 is duplicated in color and b&w) : R15-23 and R15-24
Subject Access
Delta King
Boats
boat
Kitimat
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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A River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34605
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[October 17, 1963]
Accession Number
2005.8.9557
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Peace River
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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9557
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[October 17, 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Peace River
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Kemano River

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1958]
Accession Number
71.93
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.93
Date Range
[1958]
Physical Description
9 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
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Alcan ingot

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Date Range
[1950s]-1990
GMD
Metalworking T&E (blank sub-class)
Object Type
Ingot
Material
metal
Manufacturer
Alcan
Accession Number
2023.42.1
Description
Rectangular ingot with ALCAN engraved in the front in capital letters. Silver in colour. Corners are rounded.
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GMD
Metalworking T&E (blank sub-class)
Object Type
Ingot
Description
Rectangular ingot with ALCAN engraved in the front in capital letters. Silver in colour. Corners are rounded.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
metal
Condition Remarks
Many scratches, stains, and other marks across the surface, both front and back. Many small holes in back. Stains in various colours - white, pinkish, brown (possible rust).
Height
2 cm
Width
8 cm
Length
26 cm
Date Range
[1950s]-1990
Accession Number
2023.42.1
Category
Metalworking T&E
Location
Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 6
Manufacturer
Alcan
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Transmission Line in the Kemano River Valley

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27756
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1952]
Accession Number
71.90
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.90
Date Range
[1952]
Physical Description
10 photographs : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction
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