7 photograph prints : color ; 12.5 x 18cm
1 photograph print : color ; 13 x 15cm
2 photograph prints : color ; 8 x 11.5cm
1 photograph print : color ; 6 x 11cm
1 photograph print : color ; 4 x 4cm
1 photograph print : color ; 12.5 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Images taken from atop Clague Mountain looking down on Kitimat.
Notes
71.75.4 and 71.75.4.0 to 13 (Missing 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Photographs of Clague Mountain and Thornhill Hike, 1st Kitimat Second Troop.
a- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop Clague Mountain Hike. Scoutmaster Gabe Nyeste. Assistant (on left) Werner Beck. Other boys are ?, ?, ?, Lange, ?, Rgehensher (sp?), ?, ?, ?, D. Beck.
b- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop Thornhill Mountain Hike. Spring 1958. Leaders: Scoutmaster Gale Nyeste. Assistant S.M. Werner Beck.
c- Scouts in the forest on Thornhill Hike. Bernie Schulte, Zigbert Ebeneau, -- Knudsen, Rolf Lange, Ken Patterson.
d- Shelter of Boughs.
3 photographs print : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
1 photographs print : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm
History / Biographical
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Clague Mountain and Thornhill Hike, 1st Kitimat Second Troop.
a- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop Clague Mountain Hike. Scoutmaster Gabe Nyeste. Assistant (on left) Werner Beck. Other boys are ?, ?, ?, Lange, ?, Rgehensher (sp?), ?, ?, ?, D. Beck.
b- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop Thornhill Mountain Hike. Spring 1958. Leaders: Scoutmaster Gale Nyeste. Assistant S.M. Werner Beck.
c- Scouts in the forest on Thornhill Hike. Bernie Schulte, Zigbert Ebeneau, -- Knudsen, Rolf Lange, Ken Patterson.
d- Shelter of Boughs.
Photographs of snowshoe hike on Clague Mountain. 1st Kitimat Scout Troop.
a- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop. Assistant Scout Master Werner Beck. Scouts: Brian Lumley, Eric Harris, Bob Nyeste. Standing near forest holding their snowshoes.
b- 1st Kitimat Scouot Troop. Brian Lumley, Eric Harris, Bob Nyeste, Deitlef Beck. Snowshoe hike, Clague Mountain. Group is standing in icy road with snowshoes in snowbacnk on left.
c- Deitlef Beck standing with Gabe Nyeste. Others are Hanson, Eric Harris, Brian Lumley, and ?. Cabin on stilts behind them. Man up in cabin door.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Photographs of snowshoe hike on Clague Mountain. 1st Kitimat Scout Troop.
a- 1st Kitimat Scout Troop. Assistant Scout Master Werner Beck. Scouts: Brian Lumley, Eric Harris, Bob Nyeste. Standing near forest holding their snowshoes.
b- 1st Kitimat Scouot Troop. Brian Lumley, Eric Harris, Bob Nyeste, Deitlef Beck. Snowshoe hike, Clague Mountain. Group is standing in icy road with snowshoes in snowbacnk on left.
c- Deitlef Beck standing with Gabe Nyeste. Others are Hanson, Eric Harris, Brian Lumley, and ?. Cabin on stilts behind them. Man up in cabin door.
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20 x 25cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 9cm
4 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
Photographs of the retrieval of a sunken helicopter in Kitlope Lake by the Haisla. The project was sponsored by the Department of Indian Affairs, Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment. The helicopter sank in 1993, but action to pull it out wasn't started until 1995. Dates that it was pulled are listed as June 2 evening and June 3 morning on original envelope.
Photographs of the retrieval of a sunken helicopter in Kitlope Lake by the Haisla. The project was sponsored by the Department of Indian Affairs, Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment. The helicopter sank in 1993, but action to pull it out wasn't started until 1995. Dates that it was pulled are listed as June 2 evening and June 3 morning on original envelope.
Notes
For further info about the situation, please see Northern Sentinel article in the gift agreement folder for 1995.
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
This material relates to a cabin on Clague Mountain, originally begun by Robert 'Bob' Hesse in the late 1950s and completed by Gisela's husband Hans in 1960. It remained in the Mendel family for 15 years before being demolished in 1975.
Custodial History
Donated to the Museum by Mendel's daughter, Fredrika Lyne, on November 14th 2023.
Scope and Content
Black book containing "History of our Cabin up Clague Mt.," photocopies of the cabin's logbook from September 1960 to January 1969, several photocopied pictures from 1970, a typewritten logbook of local and regional excursions taken by the Mendel family from 1963 to 1968, and several newspaper articles.
Photograph of aerial view of Kitimat townsite, 1975. Nechako, Kildala, and in progress Whitesail, and neighbourhood D clearing sites visible. Alcan and Eurcan sites also visible on right side.
Photos donated by Joan Smith for Anglican Church 50th Anniversary. Donated in April 2003.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view of Kitimat townsite, 1975. Nechako, Kildala, and in progress Whitesail, and neighbourhood D clearing sites visible. Alcan and Eurcan sites also visible on right side.
