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.
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Slide showing James McNay wearing a light blue shirt and standing against railing of the Delta King overlooking smeltersite.
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 James McNay wearing a light blue shirt and leaning over railing of the Delta King. Smeltersite bunkhouses visible in top right.
James 'Jim' Smythe served as Kitimat's first RCMP officer from March 1952 to September 1953. This photo was likely taken early in his police career, which began in Winnipeg in 1947.
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Portrait of RCMP officer James Norman Smythe in his uniform and hat.
James 'Jim' Smythe served as Kitimat's first RCMP officer from March 1952 to September 1953. This photo was taken early in his police career, likely in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
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Portrait of RCMP officer James Norman Smythe in his uniform and hat.
James Smythe was Kitimat's first police officer; Joan Ingram was the daughter of Charles Ingram, superintendant of Kitimat Construction. The two were married in 1953 and moved to New Hazelton shortly afterwards.
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Photograph of Joan Marie Ingram and James Norman Smythe with a dog in a small boat, presumably on the Douglas Channel near Kitimat.
Photograph showing Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Jones, Gail, Beth and Alice sitting together reading a paper. Mr. Jones is a school superintendent. The paper looks like a map. They are all dressed very nicely and formally. In the background there are some plants, a wall and a shelf.
Photograph showing Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Jones, Gail, Beth and Alice sitting together reading a paper. Mr. Jones is a school superintendent. The paper looks like a map. They are all dressed very nicely and formally. In the background there are some plants, a wall and a shelf.
Photograph of a letter of congratulations that had been sent out by the Reeve and Municipal council to Alice Jones, a 12 grade student of Kitimat junior-senior High school, for winning the 1957 Municipal citizenship Annual PTA award.
Photograph of a letter of congratulations that had been sent out by the Reeve and Municipal council to Alice Jones, a 12 grade student of Kitimat junior-senior High school, for winning the 1957 Municipal citizenship Annual PTA award.
Kitimat women in Centennial attire gathered at Kitimat Public Library. Mrs. Al McGowan, Mrs.David Bailey, Mrs. Terry Nichols, Miss Lucy Tolhurst, Mrs. James Tolhurst, Mrs. Harry Smeader, Gigi Rosenblum, and Mrs. Hans Rosenblum.
"KITIMAT women in Centennial attire gathered recenetly at Kitimat Public Library to pose for today's pictures. Shown above, admiring some of the library's books on Canada's Centennial are, seated, Mrs. Al McGowan and standing left to right, Mrs. David Bailey, Mrs. Terry Nichols, Miss Lucy Tolhurst, Mrs. James Tolhurst. Mrs. Harry Smeader, Gigi Rosenblum, and Mrs. Hans Rosenblum."
"KITIMAT women in Centennial attire gathered recenetly at Kitimat Public Library to pose for today's pictures. Shown above, admiring some of the library's books on Canada's Centennial are, seated, Mrs. Al McGowan and standing left to right, Mrs. David Bailey, Mrs. Terry Nichols, Miss Lucy Tolhurst, Mrs. James Tolhurst. Mrs. Harry Smeader, Gigi Rosenblum, and Mrs. Hans Rosenblum."
