File contains material relating to the naming of Mountainview Square: 14 ballots submitted by Kitimat residents, a newspaper supplement "We are looking for a Name," and a poster, also entitled "We are looking for a Name," featuring bees and tulips. Also included is a write-up by Museum staff giving the results of all 166 ballots from the original donation.
In April 1985, the merchants of the 'New City Centre' put on a naming contest for the commercial areas on the east side of Wakashan Avenue. The name Mountainview Square was chosen.
Custodial History
Items were donated Anne Berrisford on June 5th 2021
Scope and Content
File contains material relating to the naming of Mountainview Square: 14 ballots submitted by Kitimat residents, a newspaper supplement "We are looking for a Name," and a poster, also entitled "We are looking for a Name," featuring bees and tulips. Also included is a write-up by Museum staff giving the results of all 166 ballots from the original donation.
Notes
Only a sample of the original ballots were retained, in order to conserve space.
Various types of wild plants in Kitimat such as Twisted Stalk, Queen's Cup, Fairy Bells, Baneberry, Elderberry, White Baneberry, White Heather, Rose Hips, Red-osier Dogwood, Wax Berry, Red Huckleberry, Thimble berry, Alaska Blueberries, Bunchberries, Cranberries, Sitka Mountain Ash, Creeping raspberry, and Mountain cranberry.
Photograph taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Various types of wild plants in Kitimat such as Twisted Stalk, Queen's Cup, Fairy Bells, Baneberry, Elderberry, White Baneberry, White Heather, Rose Hips, Red-osier Dogwood, Wax Berry, Red Huckleberry, Thimble berry, Alaska Blueberries, Bunchberries, Cranberries, Sitka Mountain Ash, Creeping raspberry, and Mountain cranberry.
Photos were taken by John Stokes, a Federal Fisheries employee who visited Kitimat for work purposes. Likely taken from a floatplane while landing in the area.
Custodial History
Donated by George Stokes in April 2023.
Scope and Content
Three aerial images of Kitimat neighbourhoods (Nechako area) in 1956.
Photographs of Elizabeth Anderson Varley and her stay in Kitimat. Also pictured is a get-together at the Kitamaat Village as well as tea at the Kitimat Museum.
9 photograph prints : b&w : 9 x 12.5cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13.5 x 11cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Elizabeth Anderson Varley and her stay in Kitimat. Also pictured is a get-together at the Kitamaat Village as well as tea at the Kitimat Museum.