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
Newspaper 1960 Feb 11. 300 Boys Mark Scout Week.
Names include J.S. Kendrick, Hugh Robertson, and T. Larson.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
The Surf Inlet Gold Mine was located on Princess Royal Island above Surf Inlet. Limited production began in 1902 and then ceased in 1905. The mine reopened production in 1917, after major development occurred. It was then operated by the Tonapah Belmont Development Company of Philadelphia. The mine closed in 1926. Three mines were opened in 1934 by Surf Inlet Consolidated Gold Mines, including the Surf Inlet Mine, the Pugsley Mine and the Belmont Mine. These closed permanently in 1943.
Custodial History
Donated by Bulkley Valley Museum/Dirk Mendel
Scope and Content
Folder containing stack of correspondance with Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada from the Surf Inlet Consolodated Gold Mines Ltd from 1941.
One photograph of Kitimat Night School "Talking Shop" Mrs. Rosalie Gray (teacher) and Jean Kintsos (14 May 1957). One photograph of unknown construction workers in Kitimat (no date).
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
One photograph of Kitimat Night School "Talking Shop" Mrs. Rosalie Gray (teacher) and Jean Kintsos (14 May 1957). One photograph of unknown construction workers in Kitimat (no date).
Notes
983.42.1 to 5 (Missing 2 to 4) : R51-0a and R51-4a
23 maps of northwestern British Columbia, from the Seven Sisters westward to Port Essington.
2018.9.1a-b – Seven Sisters / Dorreen
2018.9.2a-c – Usk / Chist Creek
2018.9.3a-c – Lakelse / Terrace
2018.9.4a-b – Alastair Lake
2018.9.5a-b – Salvus, Coast District Range 5
2018.9.6a-d – Ecstall River / Port Essington
2018.9.7a-g – Kitimat Arm, Kildala River, Mt. Aetna, Mount Elizabeth, Mount Davies, private logging roads
Maps were collected and annotated by Gisela Mendel throughout her time in northwest BC and donated to the Museum in 2018.
Scope and Content
23 maps of northwestern British Columbia, from the Seven Sisters westward to Port Essington.
2018.9.1a-b – Seven Sisters / Dorreen
2018.9.2a-c – Usk / Chist Creek
2018.9.3a-c – Lakelse / Terrace
2018.9.4a-b – Alastair Lake
2018.9.5a-b – Salvus, Coast District Range 5
2018.9.6a-d – Ecstall River / Port Essington
2018.9.7a-g – Kitimat Arm, Kildala River, Mt. Aetna, Mount Elizabeth, Mount Davies, private logging roads
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.